Know Your Rights – health and safety

10 January 2022 6:00pm–7:00pm

Know Your Rights, UNISON Eastern’s series of events for social care staff, continues with your rights to health and safety at work. Tell me more! Everyone is entitled to a healthy and safe workplace – not just morally entitled legally too. But sadly many workplaces aren’t up to scratch when it comes to health and […]

Know Your Rights – travel time

14 December 2021 6:00pm–7:00pm

Know Your Rights, UNISON’s new event series for social care staff, kicks off with a session on travel time for domiciliary workers. Tell me more! UNSION won a four-year legal battle in 2020 to confirm that domiciliary care workers are on the job while travelling between visits – and therefore staff minimum wage calculations need […]

Domestic abuse policy development workshop

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

Domestic abuse in the workplace workshop

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 — […]

NHS pay be counted

NHS pay – learning the lessons from Northern Ireland

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 […]

Domestic abuse in the workplace workshop

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 […]

Black History Month webinar: Proud to be… working class trade unionists

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 […]

International Seminar 2021

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 […]

Financial wellbeing for UNISON members

28 September 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

This free 1-hour webinar hosted by UNISON’s charity There for You is delivered by The Money Charity. It’s designed to help UNISON members manage their money better, stay on top of their finances and plan for the future. It also offers the latest in money saving tips. More information Find out more and register on […]

Greening public service and COP26

13 September 2021 3:00pm–4:00pm

UNISON policy officer Allison Roche talks about our union’s commitments to greening public services, the COP26 conference on climate change, and UNISON’s green network. More information The climate emergency is happening now and unless we work together to stop it, our planet will change in drastic ways and our children and grandchildren face a deeply […]

Mandatory vaccinations in care homes. What does it mean for our members in care homes?

9 September 2021 4:00pm–5:00pm

A short one-hour session for members and activists working in care homes. New legislation means that people who enter the premises of a CQC-registered care home in England for residents requiring nursing or personal care must have completed a course of authorised Covid-19 vaccine doses unless they have an exemption. UNISON has repeatedly told the […]

Supporting members with long Covid

9 September 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm

A short one-hour session for trained activists in supporting members with long Covid. Tell me more! There are likely to be many thousands of workers whose health is being adversely affected in the long-term because they had Covid-19. As more is discovered about these ongoing health problems, it is important that workplace reps and branches […]

Domestic abuse in the workplace workshop

3 August 2021 12:00pm–2:00pm

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. *Sorry, this event is now full and registration is closed* Tell me more The workplace can be a key site in breaking the cycle of domestic abuse. Not only is work […]

Domestic abuse in the workplace workshop

26 July 2021 11:00am–1:00pm

Sorry, registration is now closed. 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 — […]

BAOT reps webinar – representing online

8 July 2021 7:30pm–8:30pm

UNISON Eastern is hosting an interactive webinar on the topic of representing online for our British Association of Occupational Therapists reps. Tell me more! Even with restrictions beginning to ease the way in which we represent members has changed, with many meetings now being held virtually. The course will help you to identify key considerations […]