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1 March 2022 9:00am–2:30pm
UNISON Eastern activists are invited to this free regional training day on Microsoft Teams. Tell me more! There will be a varied and stimulating programme for the day. 10-10.15am: Welcome 10.15-11.15am: Menopause Awareness – Cheryl Godber, UNISON Eastern regional organiser 11.15-11.30am: Break 11.30am-12.30pm: Hybrid Working – Kim Sunley, UNISON national officer (TBC) 12.30-1pm: Lunch 1-2pm: […]
13 – 15 February 2022
Feeling daunted by campaigns that just don’t seem to go anywhere no matter how hard you and your branch tries? Worn out by trying to get more and better engagement and support for your campaigns? Want to try something creative and different for future campaigns? Then this is just the course for you! This brand […]
31 January – 4 February 2022
Our online health and safety course is essential for new health and safety representatives in the Eastern region. This blended course combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online and is delivered by experienced TUC tutors. What will the course help me to do? Understand the health and safety rep role; Carry out the […]
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 […]
5 – 14 December 2021
Every five years UNISON expects our reps to participate in a course to learn about the new requirements, processes, legal changes and organising initiatives from across the union. This blended course combines online educational materials and opportunities for interaction online and is delivered by experienced regional organising staff. Why take it? This is an opportunity […]
14 December 2021 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 ageing workforce, where menopausal women are finding themselves working harder for longer, this virtual session […]
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 […]
1 December 2021 10:00am–1:00pm
Outside Endeavour House, Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX
Join us to support local government workers as they begin voting on industrial action to improve this year’s 1.75% pay offer. More information UNISON, Unite and GMB are balloting local government workers after the insulting 1.75% pay offer (2.75% for those on the lowest pay point). Youth workers, care workers, refuse collectors, social workers, teaching […]
30 November 2021 11:30am–12:30pm
The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge CB2 3QJ
Local government workers from across Cambridgeshire are rallying for a fair pay rise as their industrial action ballot opens. More information Despite working through the hardest year of their lives, local government workers have been offered a measly 1.75% pay rise – 2.75% for those on the lowest pay point. Local government workers have overwhelmingly […]
