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Making Equality Central to your Union Practice – A course for UNISON Activists

Date
8 May 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
Location
Bristol

Making equality central to your union practice is a course that explores internal and external tools, which can support equality bargaining, negotiating, and representation. The course also looks at how to identify equality themes in organising and recruitment, as well as considering the different equality roles in UNISON and how you can utilise their support.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Making Equality Central to your Union Practice – A course for UNISON Activists

Date
18 September 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
Location
Taunton

Making equality central to your union practice is a course that explores internal and external tools, which can support equality bargaining, negotiating, and representation. The course also looks at how to identify equality themes in organising and recruitment, as well as considering the different equality roles in UNISON and how you can utilise their support.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

POSTPONED Challenging Racism in the Workplace – Negotiating for Race Equality – Exeter

Date
20 – 21 February 2024
Location
Exeter

This course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work, which in turn will help end the isolation felt by many Black workers and encourage proactive involvement in fighting for a fairer workplace.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Challenging Racism in the Workplace – Negotiating for Race Equality – Dorset

Date
5 – 6 March 2024
Location
Dorset

This course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work, which in turn will help end the isolation felt by many Black workers and encourage proactive involvement in fighting for a fairer workplace.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Challenging Racism in the Workplace – Negotiating for Race Equality – Taunton

Date
16 – 17 April 2024
Location
Taunton

This course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work, which in turn will help end the isolation felt by many Black workers and encourage proactive involvement in fighting for a fairer workplace.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Challenging Racism in the Workplace – Negotiating for Race Equality – Bristol

Date
10 – 11 September 2024
Location
Bristol

This course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work, which in turn will help end the isolation felt by many Black workers and encourage proactive involvement in fighting for a fairer workplace.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

Equality in Your Branch – Developing a Branch Equality Action Plan

This course and resources offer a range of ideas and checklists for activists to help them incorporate anti racism in their day-to-day campaigning, organising, recruitment and negotiation work, which in turn will help end the isolation felt by many Black workers and encourage proactive involvement in fighting for a fairer workplace.

Event on the UNISON South West site.

The Organising Steward – Wareham / Dorchester

Date
19 March – 24 April 2024
Location
Wareham or Dorchester

The Organising Steward in person learning option in Wareham / Dorchester. The course aims to develop your skills, knowledge and confidence to enable you to carry out the role of a steward in UNISON

Event on the UNISON South West site.

New Steward Course – Stage 1 (Teesside)

Date
19 – 20 March 2024
Location
Resource Centre, Meath Street, Middlesborough

Closing date: Noon 6 March Date: 19 – 20 March Time: 9:30-16:30 To become a UNISON steward and represent members in your workplace  you must complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 training. Stage 1 The first two days of training for workplace representatives will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

New Steward Course – Stage 1 (Newcastle)

Date
15 – 16 April 2024
Location
UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH

Closing date: Noon 3 April Date: 15- 16 April Time: 9:30-16:30 To become a UNISON steward and represent members in your workplace  you must complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 training. Stage 1 The first two days of training for workplace representatives will help you to understand the steward’s role in organising members at local […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

New Steward Course – Stage 2 (Teesside)

Date
16 – 17 April 2024
Location
Resource Centre, Meath Street, Middlesborough

Closing date: Noon 3 April Date: 16- 17 April Time: 9:30-16:30 To become a UNISON steward and represent members in your workplace  you must complete Stage 1 and Stage 2 training. Stage 2 You must have completed stage 1 to attend Stage 2 The final two days of the training for workplace representatives will certify […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

Branch Chair Training

Date
22 April 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
Location
UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH

Closing date: Noon 15 April Time: 9:30-16:30 Aimed at Branch Chairs and Vice Chairs Understand role of Branch Chair Become familiar with UNISONs rules of proportionality and fair representation Learn how to prepare effectively for a meeting, set an effective agenda, facilitate meetings and understand the rules of debate and voting Oops! We could not […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

LGBT+ Policy Day including Trans Ally

Date
13 April 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
Location
Radisson Blu Hotel, Frankland Ln, Durham DH1 5TA

Closing date: Noon 6 April Time: 9:30-16:30 This course is aimed at members of UNISONs LGBT+ Self Organised Group will focus on developing UNISON policy and activity In the Northern region for UNISONs Year of the LGBT+ Worker 2024 Oops! We could not locate your form. Outcome

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

ERA Reaccreditation

Date
8 – 9 April 2024
Location
UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH

Closing date: Noon 1 April Time: 9:30-16:30 You must have previously completed Stage and 2 stewards training. Every five years UNISON expects our reps to participate in a training course during which you will have the opportunity to learn about the new requirements, processes, legal changes and organising initiatives which are happening across the union. […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.

Union Learning Rep Training (ULRs)

Date
15 May 2024 9:30am–4:30pm
Location
UNISON Northern, 140 - 150 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6TH

Closing date: Noon 8 May Time: 9:30-16:30 Dates: This is a 3 day course running on 15, 22, 29 May Introductory training for Union Learning Reps (ULRs) Aims; the role of the UNISON learning rep how to find out what people want to learn – and how making the case for learning networking and making […]

Event on the UNISON Northern site.