Black members stress importance of building the union

Delegates discuss ways to increase engagement and encourage new activists to come forward

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON activists’ work recognised with TUC awards at congress

Eastern convenor Darren Barber and vice president Margaret McKee honoured at annual congress

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Delegates stress the need to build the union through organising

Raising the union’s profile is “like joining a gym: you don’t buy your ticket and then sit around waiting to get fit”

Article on the UNISON National site.

Black History Month – a time to organise

UNISON encourages members to mark Black History Month every year and to organise and recruit around it.

Article on the UNISON National site.
Margaret McKee from Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital

Why did I get involved?

Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?

Magazine on the UNISON National site.
Dave Prentis cuts ribbon in front of resource centre, surrounded by members

General secretary opens UNISON shop in new Glasgow hospital

Let’s work together to make this new hospital a success,” general secretary Dave Prentis said as he opened a new UNISON shop in Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Article on the UNISON National site.