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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

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

This disproportionately impacts both women, as well as members of the LGBT+ community –who are also more likely to face social exclusion, isolation, and mental health […]

National statistics show that young women are a particularly vaccine-hesitant group in society, with a recent survey finding that one […]

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

But for Sonia, membership isn’t enough. Her mission is to get more young workers actively involved in their local branches. “Young people are going to be paying for the […]

We’re now almost half way through TUC Young Workers Month 2020 and want to thank the young members who have already got in touch as part of our ‘Time to be Heard’ campaign. We have heard some really positive stories from our young members of their experiences of working throughout the pandemic, as well as […]

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 […]

November is young workers month and UNISON wants to hear directly from young workers on what support they need from their union

We meet Georgie, a 27 year old Support Worker who had to move out of her home to protect her family during the first wave of the pandemic

Date

26 October – 4 December, 2020

Tell us what is affecting you in your workplace. Held in November every year, TUC Young Workers Month is a time where unions highlight the important issues facing young workers. It is an opportunity to recruit and organise even more young members to help us win better working conditions and build a stronger union. This […]

12 August is International Youth Day, the day the UN has picked to encourage young people to get involved in the world around them and shape the things that affect their lives. There’s not much that affects your life more than how things are at work, whether it’s low pay, long hours, unrealistic workloads, bullying […]

Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers

Anyone can be infected by COVID-19. But it’s increasingly clear that that’s where the equality ends