The region’s Young Members are coming together after the toughest 18 months of their lives
The region’s Young Members are coming together after the toughest 18 months of their lives
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For UK trade unions, November is Young Workers month. Young workers are recognised within UNISON as being under-27 and have their own officers and section within our union. This means that that UNISON has dedicated resources that help our union’s 63,000 young workers to help amplify their voices and win on the issues that matter […]
Covid-19: All meetings and events are postponed until end of May 2020 Outcome
Throughout the course of the event, delegates spoke time and again of how important UNISON had been over the past two years
Online rally with Christina McAnea, UNISON General secretary, UNISON activists and guest speakers on the Cost of Living Crisis and young workers.
Does your branch have a plan for recruiting and developing young activists? Encouraging young members to get involved is important for UNISON’s long-term success, so in November 2020 we surveyed UNISON’s young members to ask about their involvement in the union. Based on their responses, our report “Getting Active in UNISON” makes some recommendations to […]
Are you about to turn 27 and keen to stay involved in UNISON? Or would you like to learn what resources are […]
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UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
Conference agreed to have a “zero tolerance policy on bullying and harassment," and, specifically, to campaign on the issue in Young Workers’ Month in […]
This weekend, many of UNISON’s young members are coming together to talk about the future of our union, the future of public services and the future of our country.
Another delegate explained how their branch had created mentoring and buddying schemes to help and support new reps. In other debates, the Black LGBT caucus […]
‘Everyone has the right to work in a safe environment free of bullying and harassment’, delegates told