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How is austerity affecting the LGBT community?

Help our research to uncover the effect austerity is having, whether you are an LGBT service user or working providing services

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates discuss motions on equalities issues and the cuts

Delegates at UNISON’s local government conference completed their conference this afternoon with a series of debates around equalities issues and the cuts

Article on the UNISON National site.

Delegates back modern apprenticeships

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

New national minimum wage rate sees value cut again

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON calls for a better start for young people

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON Young Members Forum chair to speak at Heart Unions Week event

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

Article, News on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Young members enjoy lively debate at conference

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

Article, News, Uncategorized on the UNISON Cymru/Wales site.

Celebrating young workers’ month!

To celebrate Young Workers’ Month this November, we asked some of UNISON Eastern’s young members about why they joined

Article, News on the UNISON Eastern site.

Louise Fountain tells us why she decided on an apprenticeship in the NHS

I started working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in May 2015 and am due to finish in May 2016. I had been working in retail, but I was working unsocial hours and I really wanted to find an office job. I saw this position advertised on the NHS jobs page and thought it looked really […]

News, UNISON voices on the UNISON Eastern site.

BLOG: Jess McGuire – chair of the national young member’s forum

👋 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 […]

Article, Blogs, Blogs, Young Members on the UNISON East Midlands site.

Sisters are doin’ it for themselves

Being young and female in 2019

Magazine, UNISON people on the Magazine site.

The Marras Festival @ Durham Miners Gala

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, […]

News on the UNISON Northern site.

Equality is at the heart of UNISON

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 […]

Article, Equality on the UNISON South East site.

Surviving the pandemic and shielding my family

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

Article on the UNISON South East site.

It’s Young Workers’ Month!

November is young workers’ month! We will be aiming to raise the profile of young workers and young UNISON members by recruiting and organising them to help us win better working conditions and build an even stronger union.

Article on the UNISON South East site.