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Branch Secretary News May 2023 – UNISON College update

Supporting and Developing Activists UNISON College will be in Liverpool for this year’s National Delegate Conference. We’ll be hosting a fringe meeting at lunchtime on Wednesday 14 June, where we’ll be exploring the theme of Supporting and Developing Activists: how activist training can form part of a strategy that sustains and enthuses our reps and […]

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UNISON hosting ‘An audience with Chris Smalls – Founder and President of Amazon Labor Union

Date
1 June 2023 11:00am–1:00pm
Location
UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

On Thursday 1st June , UNISON will be joined by Chris Smalls, the founder and President of the Amazon Labor Union in the UNISON Centre.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-chris-smalls-founder-and-president-of-the-amazon-labor-union-tickets-638734300487 Please see link to join event online  –Click here to join the meeting In 2020, Chris lead a staged walk out that garnered national attention at the Amazon’s Staten Island […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Branch Secretary News February 2023 – Strategic Organising Unit

Organising to Win The Organising and Recruitment Strategy Development project was commissioned by the General Secretariat in autumn 2021 to meet the changing demands of the union. Delegates at UNISON’s 2022 National Delegate Conference 2022 recognised these changing demands when debating the motion “Building the union organising for our future”. This motion called upon the […]

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Branch Secretary News – The Data Protection Team – supporting you to protect our members

Reluctant Employers Employers don’t always want to share with trade unions, but the data protection team can help! Whether the employer is reluctant to share new start lists with branch officials, or being difficult about using the employer email for UNISON work; contact dataprotection@unison.co.uk and let us know the situation. If it’s about any kind […]

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Branch Secretary News – February 2023 Legal Services

Workplace discrimination – take our quiz now: Legal Services Workplace Discrimination Quiz Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination ‘Around three quarters of working mums currently experience maternity discrimination and 54,000 pregnant women are forced out of their jobs each year.’ A bill to provide new and expecting parents with additional protections in the workplace passed its third reading at […]

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Branch Secretary News February 2023 – UNISON College

UNISON College offers high quality learning and training to members and activists. We deliver courses across the regions and devolved nations and online, developing new resources to meet the union’s needs. Scheme of Accreditation and Recognition: what it means for you Last year’s National Delegate Conference passed a motion strengthening and broadening the scope of […]

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Activist Webinar – Pay fair for patient care: Getting it right for healthcare support staff

Date
23 November 2021 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location
Online

A webinar for activists in health branches to learn about UNISON’s newly launched ‘Pay fair for patient care’ campaign. This campaign focuses on achieving re-banding for healthcare support workers.

Event on the UNISON National site.

BAOT ‘Professional Referrals’ – Webinar

Date
12 August 2021 12:30pm–2:30pm
Location
Online

This webinar, open to all BAOT reps will provide you with an insight into the process of referrals and look at how members are supported through the process, giving you the confidence and knowledge to support members.

Event on the UNISON National site.

Branch resources review – where we are so far

The review is making ‘good progress’ with a branch survey and in-depth research

News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON launches new casework system to help branches

Sign up for CaseWeb – UNISON’s new case management system for branches

Article on the UNISON National site.

Coronavirus: online learning update

New resources available for health and safety reps and care workers at our dedicated learning.unison.org.uk site

Article on the UNISON National site.

Record numbers join UNISON

“People are joining the union for advice and security at this worrying time,” notes Dave Prentis as growth this year tops 15,000

Article on the UNISON National site.

Supporting our reps and members online

Union learning and organising services offers web-based training for reps and learning opportunities for members

News on the UNISON National site.

Branch resources review makes progress

The review group, made up of 24 senior UNISON members, met for the third time on 6 February

Article on the UNISON National site.

Support pregnant UNISON members in casualised work

Union reps: take 10 minutes to fill in our survey

Article on the UNISON National site.