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 […]
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In the social care workforce, over 85% are women, with many Black and migrant workers; a sixth of social care workers in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We start learning from the moment we are born and as we get older our styles of learning change. For the future of UNISON we need to develop the youth of today into the activists of tomorrow […]
£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
