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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
Being young and female in 2019
The final debates at national conference witnessed passionate debates on sexual harassment in the workplace and raising the profile of disabled members
The problem though, is that many young workers are not aware of trade unions, of their benefits or how to get involved. At conference, a stream […]
Young workers have rights around pay, holiday, health and safety and equalities that exist to protect them in the workplace. It’s vital that every young worker knows and understands their rights to make sure their employers aren’t breaking the rules. UNISON, in partnership with Wranx, have launched a free bite sized digital tool which uses […]
Like the TUC, UNISON has declared 2019 the year of young workers, prioritising the recruitment and organising of young workers as “a moral imperative”. In […]
“It was a one-to-one job,” she says. “So you go into a person’s house and then you do support with them […]
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