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South West regional council

Regional Council brings together branches from across the region three times a year, to discuss the current issues affecting our members across the region.  It meets in January after the annual Get Active event, May, when we hold annual elections, and October. Delegates are elected by each branch and UNISON rules ensure delegations reflect the […]

Page on the UNISON South West site.

South West regional committee

It provides leadership across the region on campaigns, organising and bargaining. Neil Guild and Ali Evans are our regional convenors with Trudie Martin as our […]

Page on the UNISON South West site.

PSI general secretary: ‘We must stop the race to the bottom’

Rosa Pavanelli tells delegates that “we must take democracy very seriously,” as she outlines global threat by multinational corporations

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON must ‘lead the fightback’ against threats to democracy

“There is no economic strategy for our region – and we refer to it as the Northern Poorhouse, which is more accurate,” she told […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Strategic committees

Responsible for detailed work on the right strategy to reach UNISON’s goals are three strategic committees. Campaigns, communications and political development Campaign effectively to secure high quality public services Ensure clear lines of communication between members and their union representatives, and vice versa Get the region’s voice heard in policy debates at a local and national […]

Page on the UNISON South West site.

Democracy

Each UNISON region has a Regional Secretary who is in charge of the day-to-day running of the union […]

Page on the UNISON South West site.

The voluntary sector has become just another front in Cameron’s clampdown on free speech

Despite the government’s claims to the contrary, their plans are about gagging charities and charity workers from conducting necessary scrutiny.

General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

About us

We are for everyone who wants fair, healthy and productive workplaces and our members strive to build a better […]

Page on the UNISON South West site.

NEC by-election

By-election procedures and forms can be downloaded from the elections page at unison.org.uk/elections in the […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

General secretary election 2015: advance notification

The full procedures and supporting documents will be issued on 11 August 2015. In the meantime please note the following […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.