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 “We must lead the way,” she said, “encouraging our branches and our women to come forward. “We are all complacent if we don’t speak out,” she said. “Members need to know […]

"This makes it difficult for young workers to get started as activists and can lead to burn out. Employers are using facility […]

From knowing how much leave they're legally entitled to, to how the Equality Act protects people in the workplace, the Young Workers' Rights daily drills can help you learn […]

As Shipha Begum of the Young Members Forum (above) told the conference: “We’re not the future of the union – we’re right here, right […]

UNISON launches #OneWageAnyWage campaign is it celebrates 20 years of the national minimum wage

Apprentices working for the Borough of Poole and Bournemouth Borough Council met with the Bournemouth, Christchurch and […]

Matthew Hodgson is a UNISON learning rep and branch young members’ officer for United Utilities in the North West. In this blog he talks about his own experiences as a learner and explains how branches can reach out to young workers with learning opportunities. As a young person I was sadly treated with a stereotypical […]

£13.3m gone from youth services in just three years

Nominations for the 2019 Eric Roberts Award are open now – and need to be submitted by 28 December

From podcasts and training, to developing new materials and organising initiatives, UNISON are set to be the leading union for young workers. Is there a young person in […]

The 2018 National Young Members’ Weekend took place in Milton Keynes this year with 120 young members from around the country attending. South East Young Members turned out in force, with 13 delegates from a variety of local government, health, police and higher education branches coming together to discuss activism, recruitment and campaigns. The weekend […]

Speaking in the debate on plans for 2019, John Murray of the North West ambulance branch, highlighted the importance of young workers […]

Speaking in the debate on plans for 2019, John Murray of the North West ambulance branch, highlighted the importance of young workers […]

A few months ago we reported on the apprentices learning network that had been established in Poole Local Government branch. At the 25 Years of Learning ULR event we had the chance to hear from the apprentices themselves as well as ULR Pete Stratford who was instrumental in getting things off the ground… As part of jointly working as […]

And with a joint approach from UNISON and the employer HR team, it is now being run by apprentices, for apprentices. Peter Stratford (pictured top with apprentices Nick Hillman and Freya Kendall) was […]