Defend disabled workers - email your MP! 

Whilst the Government’s proposed welfare cuts have been ruled out for now, the fight is not over.

Email your MP today and ask them to ensure disabled workers’ voices are heard. action.unison.org.uk/page/175045/...

#YouthDay spotlight: Eleesha Kyriazis from @unison.org.uk (UK) on why young workers are organising for strong public services. Full quote in the reply. 👇

“In the words of the late, great Sinéad O’Connor, we need to fight the real enemy.” - Michaela Peters, UNISON young member addressing TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

“We must lobby pension schemes to divest from environmental destruction and war crimes!” - Fenn Horan, UNISON young member, at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

UNISON young member Riley Gibson demanding a fair wage for all ages at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

UNISON young member Jaspar Bailey advocating for a trade union movement to counter the far right at TUC Young Workers Conference #YoungWorkers25

“Our NHS is for the benefit of people not profit!” - Natasha Bednall moving UNISON’s motion, Public services need well paid workers, at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

“Housing is not a luxury, it is a human right!” - Sjaan Heemskerk, UNISON young member at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

UNISON young member Sjaan Heemskerk argues that “trades councils are tools for the future” at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

UNISON young member Caitlin O’Hagan advocates for protecting young workers from trade union victimisation at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

UNISON young member Natasha Bednall advocates for the recruitment and retention of young workers in our movement at TUC Young Workers Conference 2025 #YoungWorkers25

💥 Book your ticket now 💥
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Join hundreds of trade unionists at this TUC-backed conference to counter the rise of the far right. 🚫

Sat 1 Mar. 12 - 4.30pm 
📍 Wesley Euston Hotel, London NW1 2EZ
🎧 And online 

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A record increase in the 18-21 minimum wage rate means full-time young workers will take home an extra £2,500 a year - and it's a welcome step towards getting rid of the youth rates, which UNISON young members have campaigned on for years: together.unison.site/campaigns/on...
#OneWageAnyAge

Hybrid/remote working has in some ways has blurred the line between work and personal life.

Our Right to Disconnect is the right not to deal with work-related messages outside of work hours. https://buff.ly/4hLL3xI

UNISON’s young members launched a campaign this summer called Young Members’ Mental Health Matters! It aims to highlight the impact of mental health in the workplace.

Which is something all workers can benefit from too!