Becoming and staying the biggest and the best
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Easy Joiner: coming soon to a region near you
A couple of onscreen taps, get your potential recruit to fill in their name and email and just like that, you’ve recruited a new member
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Never too big to care
UNISON is proud to be unique among unions in having a dedicated charity, There for You, which supports our members when life gets tough.
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Boosting our members’ digital confidence
It’s Get Online Week from 15 to 21 October – as the use of digital technology increases in the workplace, we want members to try one thing online to increase their digital skills and gain digital…Read more…
16 reasons …
… that people give for not joining a union, and some helpful hints for changing their minds
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Order your 2019 UNISON diaries online now
Check out our new online shop and pay online
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How to … recruit new members
Like any union, UNISON is only as strong and effective as our members acting together – the more of us there are, the better we are.
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Application forms
Order your stocks of the new application forms now – and recycle those old ones lying about the office
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Coming soon: New application forms
Changes to data protection regulations and changes to the political funds mean the forms have to change from 1 March
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Stress: helping branches help our members
The stress epidemic in public services is a sadly all-too-familiar story
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NEC vows to continue pay campaign into union’s silver jubilee year
‘All parts of the union are feeling the strain of the austerity agenda’
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Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2017/18
UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation means that some seats on elected bodies, including the NEC, are reserved for women and low-paid members, so that the make-up fairly…Read more…
DOCAS and facility time changes brought forward
New DOCAS agreements have to be in place from 10 March 2018 to ensure a “reasonable fee” is paid to public sector employers who deduct union subs directly from members’ wages
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UNISON prepares for a campaigning year
First NEC of 2017 covers campaigning to defend the NHS, anti-Trump protests, industrial action and preparations for national delegate conference
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Fighting back against the cyber bullies
A local councillor from Wales spoke to UNISON members about her experience of cyber abuse
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End-of-year accounts for 2016 – branch audits
Information for honorary branch auditors from UNISON head of audit John Nagle
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Nominations are open for 2017 NEC election
Nominations for members to stand for seats on the union’s national executive council must be made by 10 February
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NEC elections 2017
The nomination period will open on Monday 9 January 2017 and close at 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017
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Reserved (low pay) seat threshold for 2016/17
UNISON’s principles of proportionality and fair representation means that some seats on elected bodies are reserved for low-paid members
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Important change to stress claims
We’ve made important changes to the process branches guide members through when they want to raise a stress claim. This will be introduced from 14 November. All regions and branches must use the…Read more…