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Local government conference calls for proper apprenticeships with living wage and real training

UNISON says inflation means these ‘rises’ are effectively a further cut in the value of the national minimum wage

Survey of young people shows that 93% do not think that the government is doing enough to help them to cope with the recession

UNISON Cymru/Wales Young Members Forum chair Nick Davies will  be a key speaker at a Wales TUC event

Young UNISON members from across Wales travelled to Bournemouth for a conference aimed at supporting the next generation of activists.

Young workers aren’t just the future of the trade union movement, they’re our present as well. For UNISON to stay fighting fit and able to defend public services, the people working in them and the […]

Although I have only been doing it for two months my tutor says that I am doing really well and am already ahead of schedule. Some of […]

👋 Hello, I’m Jess McGuire from Lincolnshire and I’m the Chair of the National Young Members Forum. The weekend of 3rd – 5th December marked an important milestone for our union’s young members and the history of UNISON in general as young members held their first ever conference at City Hall in Cardiff. When I […]

For her, the best things about the union are “unity, loads of training and opportunities to share […]

Durham Miners Gala is taking place on Saturday 8th July and last year over 150,000 people attended the event.  It’s one of the biggest community and trade union events in the world and now we’ve added a great value weekend festival.  It’s your chance to see some of the best bands including: The Lightning Seeds, […]

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 […]

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

It’s also a chance for unions to demonstrate to young people that we are campaigning on the issues they care most about […]

Speaking in the debate on plans for 2019, John Murray of the North West ambulance branch, highlighted the importance of young workers […]

The decision at national delegate conference increases the ceiling age of young members from 26 to 30, with a dramatic impact for the union’s activists and structures