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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

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 […]

12 August is International Youth Day, the day the UN has picked to encourage young people to get involved in the world around them and shape the things that affect their lives. There’s not much that affects your life more than how things are at work, whether it’s low pay, long hours, unrealistic workloads, bullying […]

Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers

Anyone can be infected by COVID-19. But it’s increasingly clear that that’s where the equality ends

Funmi Ayeni addresses conference after winning inaugural award

UNISON is a partner of the Amos Bursary, which supports talented year 12 students from challenging environments for a total of five years, through their university experience and into the world of work or further study

For her, the best things about the union are “unity, loads of training and opportunities to share […]

 “We must lead the way,” she said, “encouraging our branches and our women to come forward. “We are all complacent if we don’t speak out,” she said. “Members need to know […]

"This makes it difficult for young workers to get started as activists and can lead to burn out. Employers are using facility […]

Date

1 September 2019 – 1 May 2020

No exploitative short term or temporary contracts. 4. Equality in the workplace Zero tolerance of discrimination, with robust equality policies and training for […]

Date

1 September 2019 – 1 May 2020

No exploitative short term or temporary contracts. 4. Equality in the workplace Zero tolerance of discrimination, with robust equality policies and training for […]

As Shipha Begum of the Young Members Forum (above) told the conference: “We’re not the future of the union – we’re right here, right […]

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

Apprentices working for the Borough of Poole and Bournemouth Borough Council met with the Bournemouth, Christchurch and […]