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3 February 2022 11:00am–12:30pm
Book your place, don’t forget to bring your lunch and join us for this online interactive session exploring the issue of Menopause in the Workplace, open to both UNISON members and activists. With many workplaces finding themselves with a predominantly aging workforce, where menopausal women are finding themselves working harder for longer, this virtual session […]
31 January 2022 5:00pm–6:00pm
Join our online event to keep the pressure on commissioners and employers to pay the living wage in Suffolk. Tell me more! Care staff continued caring for Suffolk’s most vulnerable residents during the pandemic despite three-quarters not even earning a real living wage. And many have been taking home even less during the pandemic when […]
26 January 2022 5:00pm–6:00pm
UNISON members at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are invited to an hour briefing on UNISON’s race discrimination protocol – guidance on how it works to support members and the all-important time limits, how and where to report cases of race discrimination. Know your rights – Introduction to the Equalities Act 2010 in […]
7 November – 12 December 2021
This online course is for all new UNISON stewards in the Eastern region. It introduces the role, details responsibilities and gives information about support and resources available and leads to ERA accreditation. This blended course combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online. What will the course help me to do? Understand the role […]
6 – 10 December 2021
UNISON Eastern, Higdon House, Kempson Way, Bury St Edmunds, IP32 7AR
This course is for all new UNISON stewards and workplace representatives. Please note that you must have been elected as a representative by your branch and be showing as such on the membership system. What will the course help me to do? Understand the role of an organising union in public services; Recognise the importance […]
24 November 2021 9:00am–11:00am
All members who have completed one of the UNISON Eastern-Alpha Vesta workshops on domestic violence are invited to take part in this follow-up session on policy development. Sign up We’re sorry, registration is now closed. Outcome
17 November 2021 9:00am–11:00am
The Eastern region women’s committee invites women members in the region to attend this workshop on the impact of domestic abuse in the workplace. NB Registration is now closed. Tell me more The workplace can be a key site in breaking the cycle of domestic abuse. Not only is work affected by domestic abuse — […]
16 November 2021 5:00pm–6:00pm
As public service workers gear up for action on pay, UNISON Eastern is delighted to virtually welcome three colleagues from Northern Ireland to the region to discuss their successful NHS strikes in 2019. Tell me more! Back in 2019, NHS pay in Northern Ireland was languishing behind the rest of the UK – but UNISON […]
1 November 2021 9:00am–11:00am
Sorry this event is now full. The Eastern region women’s committee invites women members in the region to attend this workshop on the impact of domestic abuse in the workplace. Tell me more The workplace can be a key site in breaking the cycle of domestic abuse. Not only is work affected by domestic abuse […]
15 October 2021 1:00pm–1:45pm
This Black History Month, UNISON Eastern region hosts a short webinar unpacking important questions relating to race, intersectionality and class within the modern trade union movement. Tell me more! Why do we use the term “Black” to define our self-organised group? What is intersectionality and is an understanding important to collective organising? What is wider […]
7 – 8 October 2021
We are pleased to offer a fully interactive online version of our popular dealing with difficult situations course. Who is the course for? The course is designed for UNISON Eastern representatives with some experience of dealing with members’ problems. What will the course help me to do? Understand the effects of body language and behaviour in […]
30 September 2021 9:30am–1:00pm
Our ever-popular International Seminar returns virtually for 2021. Now in its eighth year, there’ll be solidarity speakers from around the globe joining us. Tell me more We’ll be running two sessions over the day, the first will feature speakers from Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Justice for Colombia, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group and […]
