Local government conference calls for proper apprenticeships with living wage and real training
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.
To celebrate Young Workers’ Month this November, we asked some of UNISON Eastern’s young members about why they joined
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 […]
In 2019 young members passed a motion at National Delegate Conference to get their first ever conference. Two years in the making, the conference saw over 100 young […]
Being young and female in 2019
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
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.
National Delegate Conference agrees to organise and recruit more workers under 25
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