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The final debates at national conference witnessed passionate debates on sexual harassment in the workplace and raising the profile of disabled members
Young members talk about their concerns, their hopes and their achievements at national delegate conference
Health delegates embrace the commitments of UNISON’s year of young workers
UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage
We’ve been following the Apprentice Learning Network at Poole Borough Council for a while now, and we’ve been consistently impressed by the way that the apprentices have supported each other, made use of the resources available to them, and promoted learning opportunities. In this piece Freya Kendall, one of the founder members, explains how the […]
Matthew Hodgson is a UNISON learning rep and branch young members’ officer for United Utilities in the North West. In this blog he talks about his own experiences as a learner and explains how branches can reach out to young workers with learning opportunities. As a young person I was sadly treated with a stereotypical […]
£13.3m gone from youth services in just three years
Nominations for the 2019 Eric Roberts Award are open now – and need to be submitted by 28 December
A blog from Kendal Bromley-Bewes
The 2018 National Young Members’ Weekend took place in Milton Keynes this year with 120 young members from around the country attending. South East Young Members turned out in force, with 13 delegates from a variety of local government, health, police and higher education branches coming together to discuss activism, recruitment and campaigns. The weekend […]
National Delegate Conference agrees to organise and recruit more workers under 25
Conference agrees to organise and recruit more workers under 25
A few months ago we reported on the apprentices learning network that had been established in Poole Local Government branch. At the 25 Years of Learning ULR event we had the chance to hear from the apprentices themselves as well as ULR Pete Stratford who was instrumental in getting things off the ground… As part of jointly working as […]
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and UNISON is celebrating the good, while protecting against the bad and the ugly side of apprenticeships