This course is aimed at existing UNISON Stewards and is designed to follow on from the 5 day Organising Stewards course. The course reinforces some approaches and procedures introduced in the 5 day course. This course will cover: Process for identifying needs and exploring what is and isn’t a case Recap on sources if information […]
This refresher course aims to update reps on new legislation which is relevant to their role and introduce new developments within UNISON. UNISON South East Training Application Form Outcome
I have supported the branch in organising a menopause workshop, a learning stall, and we have also organised a stall and raffle for Women’s History […]
A large proportion of our women members are low paid and UNISON is unique in offering opportunities for our low paid women members to participate in their union […]
How long have you been a member of UNISON? I joined as soon as I started work, aged 17, so about 15 years ago. I first started my working career in the NHS as a nursery nurse at the Southampton General Hospital, and then four years ago I transferred my membership over when I […]
Zooming into homes across the South West, our regional education team have trained 107 new workplace representatives so far this year.
Cash-strapped school support staff are using their own money to help pupils and their families cope with the cost-of-living crisis, says UNISON today (Friday). A UK-wide union survey of more than 6,000 school workers reveals staff – including teaching assistants, catering and cleaning workers, librarians and sports coaches – are buying food for hungry pupils, and contributing towards the cost of […]
UNISON’s annual celebration highlights the amazing work that school support staff do, every day, around the country. They are the caterers, the admin staff, the […]
Members at the Victoria Education Centre voted for action by 97% in an 81% turnout
An even higher number (84%) said pupils were wearing them in classrooms. UNISON head of education Jon Richards said: “Face coverings in schools have only been in place for […]
Westminster government’s testing priority list only includes ‘teachers’ for education in England, forgetting the rest of the education team
And quoting a classic phrase, she said that the idea of the labour and trade union movement’s core […]
But voters should be wary of cynical pledges and gimmicks.
Court of Appeal ruling has implications for hundreds of thousands of employees
Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
