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Date

12 November 2021 12:30pm–1:30pm

UNISON’s young members present a short webinar on the role and responsibilities of the young members officer

Conference hears how young workers are often denied training because of austerity, yet this will mean a skills shortage in the future

Nominations for the 2019 Eric Roberts Award are open now – and need to be submitted by 28 December

Applications for the weekend in Leicester on 13-15 May must be received by 5 April

Date

24 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm

Location

Online via Microsoft Teams

Joining UNISON can be a bit overwhelming, particularly if you’ve never been a union member before. Join us for a webinar demystifying how UNISON works, from your local branch to the National Executive Council. Chaired by a member of UNISON’s National Young Members Forum. Register here Outcome

The cream of UNISON Eastern’s young activists are just back from Cardiff where they’ve been enthused by the first ever UNISON young members conference. Eastern was unmissable at conference, with our 11-strong delegation being the largest of any region. And our delegates weren’t just there to fill the room, with six of the 11 contributing […]

UNISON’s second-ever Young Members Conference was held last month in Bournemouth, with Eastern delegates once again playing a major part in making the gathering a success. Our regional motions, Affordable housing is a human right and Uncomfortable yet? Sexual harassment is never OK, were both adopted by conference. The latter was even selected by conference […]

Young trade unionists launch a campaign today tackling sexual harassment in the workplace. UNISON Eastern’s young workers committee is distributing thousands of postcards to UNISON members across the region, raising awareness of sexual harassment and advising people how to deal with it. The ‘Uncomfortable Yet?’ campaign includes a video and posters to display in hospitals, […]

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King’s Lynn has signed a formal apprenticeship agreement with the local UNISON branch. The agreement is a declaration of intent between the Trust and trade unions to work together in partnership around apprentices. The agreement sets out the Employer’s processes around designing structured apprentice job roles, apprentice pay and conditions, […]

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 […]

Date

4 November 2021 1:00pm–2:00pm

UNISON’s young members present a webinar exploring what trade unions are doing to support the fight against climate change and how they work with climate campaigners.

Date

30 April 2021 3:00pm–4:00pm

Record numbers of young workers have joined UNISON in the last year – but how can we support them to become lifelong activists? UNISON’s young members present a webinar introducing the resources available to develop and support young members. All welcome, both young and not-so-young members.

Health delegates embrace the commitments of UNISON’s year of young workers