- Conference
- 2022 Police & Justice Service Group Conference
- Date
- 14 June 2022
- Decision
- Carried
This conference believes that the social media presence and visibility of our service group on the UNISON website needs improvement. It is reasonable for members to expect to be kept updated and to identify with issues that are affecting them. For example, the official service group twitter feed has not been populated since 15/03/2020 and has 63 followers at time of writing.
Social media has become a primary source of news and information for members, and it is important that the service group control the introduction of legitimate material.
Social media is an excellent way of engaging with all those that work within the police, probation and CAFCASS services, for campaigning, recruiting and connecting with politicians and public who we would seek to influence and educate about the issues facing our sectors.
The national web page should be the go-to source of information for members and activists and should contain up to date and relevant information.
Conference calls upon the SGE to:
1)Work with the UNISON Communications Digital section to properly understand the national website and social media facilities available to service groups;
2)Audit its current arrangements for managing social media and online presence and assess the suitability and effectiveness.
3)Survey Branches on what they would like to see as content and how they access platforms and social media;
4)Apply any reasonable improvements and develop an infrastructure in support of an improved presence.