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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

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

Its aim is to recognise the achievements of young activists and to encourage others to get involved in the union. Twenty-six-year old Funmi is a […]

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 […]

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

The national young members’ forum will decide the winner. She, he or they, will be presented with the award at the […]