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All young members in your branch should be given equal opportunity to put themselves forward. The deadline for registering your delegates is 5pm on Thursday 6 January. Click for […]

“But it is also essential that, even in challenging times, there is an opportunity for branches to shape the decision-making of our union. “This year, we are striving to keep our […]

The cut-off wage for election to reserved (low pay) seats in the union remains at £10.63 an hour

The general secretary election is your chance to vote to elect the most senior person in our union. Every UNISON members is encouraged to use their vote. After hearing from all the candidates, the Eastern Regional Council voted to nominate Christina McAnea. More information

The BIG Weekend event, previously postponed to the autumn, will be rescheduled for May 2021. We will continue to be vigilant in our support of members and activists during these […]

Voting in the election opens to all eligible UNISON members on 28 October

Further details of this will be sent to Regional Council members in line with the guidance for virtual meetings. Where there is an urgent need for any other regional group to meet, to discuss […]

Serving public service workers for two decades has been ‘honour and privilege’

The feedback from this has helped inform the development of new Access Standards for online meetings and clarified the areas where an […]

NHS needs put before annual gathering UNISON has cancelled its annual health conference that was due to take place in Brighton from 6-8 April. The decision has been taken in light of the escalation of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The safety of participants and their families was also at the forefront of the […]

Along with the usual business of electing our committees and representatives for the year ahead, the packed meeting heard a range of motions including calling on the union to […]

But championing and defending our members are always on UNISON’s agenda

Along with the usual business of electing our committees and representatives for the year ahead, the meeting heard a range of motions including on the union's response to the […]

UNISON members were joined by MPs and campaigners to help build our movement

Branches, Regional Committees and Regional Self Organised Group can bid for pots of funding for recruitment and campaigning initiatives.