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- 13 July 2019 1:00am–1:00am
Want to get involved? Contact: Nina Arkley, Regional Young Members Lead Phone: 0191 245 0800 Email: n.region@unison.co.uk Outcome
Want to get involved? Contact: Nina Arkley, Regional Young Members Lead Phone: 0191 245 0800 Email: n.region@unison.co.uk Outcome
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 […]
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
This autumn, we are hosting a residential training course, specifically for young members. Whether you are the Young Members officer in your branch, or thinking of becoming one; this is a great, fun opportunity for young members to learn more about UNISON, network with fellow young members and develop your own skills. Find out more here. Outcome
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
If you are a UNISON member and under 31 years of age you are automatically entitled to participate as a young member Young members’ groups work to: encourage recruitment, organisation and participation of young workers provide a powerful voice for young members give young members the opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to […]
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 […]