Many delegates talked about intersectionality, not least in two motions from the national LGBT+ group, moved by Cici Carey-Stewart and Lilly Martin. The first was on the particular impact of […]
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We hear from one of our Young Member activists on why they felt they had to stand up for young workers
Cici is posing with Moosha, the LGBT+ community cow in xir local library Belle Bradley Young workers often get overlooked […]
The region’s Young Members are coming together after the toughest 18 months of their lives
Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers
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 […]
The union seeks government guarantees that health data will be used in an ethical manner, assigned its true value and used for the benefit of UK healthcare
As a result of COVID-19, many conferences and meetings have had to be cancelled. With this in mind, UNISON South East organised a series of online sessions in place of the usual regional Equality Conference–online and live. The Conference was opened by Regional Manager and Head of Equality, Jo Galloway. “This year has been like […]
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We hope the new and innovative UNISON South East interactive Equality Calendar will be useful for you in knowing when […]
With vaccine hesitancy high among young women, UNISON members reassure others that there’s nothing to fear
November has been young workers month and this year the campaign was to celebrate and raise awareness of our young trade unionist activists in UNISON could not be more important.
Marking the TUC’s Young Workers’ Month, Sonia from the West Midlands shares her perspective
Our leaders in OVO have also been incredible, all have had an ‘open door policy’ and we have been constantly updated on any news on changes during the pandemic.’’ […]
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 […]