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IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This follow on course is aimed at existing UNISON stewards who want to further their skills. The course reinforces some approaches and procedures introduced in the initial stewards training and explores in more detail: – Process for identifying needs and exploring what is and isn’t a […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This course examinies the process of bargaining and negotiating to identify the aspects of good negotiating practice. It uses a case studies and role play to build key negotiating skills: preparing a claim, presenting a claim, negotiating in a team, making agreements.  Applicants should have completed […]

5 Tuesdays IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre You will be required to attend all 5 dates below: Tuesday 21 April – 10am – 4pm Tuesday 28 April – 10am – 4pm Tuesday 5 May – 10am – 4pm Tuesday 12 May – 10am – 4pm Tuesday 19 May – 10am – 4pm […]

ONLINE Course aims: – Update on new developments internally and externally which impact upon your role as a UNISON rep. – To inform you on changes in the legislative and legal framework. – To share skills and experience as UNISON reps. – To explore how we build the strength of UNISON in a changing industrial […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham You will be required to attend all 5 dates set out below: Thursday 23 April – 10am – 4pm Thursday 30 April – 10am – 4pm Thursday 7 May – 10am – 4pm Thursday 14 May – 10am – 4pm Thursday 21 May – 10am – […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This course has been designed to cover 4 modules: · Equality in UNISON · Introduction to Equality legislation · Equality and your role as a rep The aim of the course is to enable reps to gain an understanding of equality issues and to encourage them […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This one-day course is aimed at all UNISON representatives, it will be of particular interest to trained stewards, equality and health & safety representatives.  The course will introduce and explore key themes around neurodiversity in the workplace, it will cover: What is understood by neurodivergence How […]

ONLINE This one day course is a general introduction to employment law for stewards with little experience and no previous training in employment law beyond what is covered in the general stewards’ introductory courses.  Employment law is an enormous and complex subject. This introductory course is designed to give participants an overview and general feel […]

10am-12pm for 10 Wednesday Mornings ONLINE This 10 week course will provide an opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge required to represent members effectively and strengthen union organisation. In addition to the once a week 2 hour online sessions, you should expect to be doing an extra 3 hours of coursework a week. You […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This two day course looks at all the major areas of contention in regards to capability. It examines the legal framework which defines capability and looks at how this is different from misconduct. The course activities are bases on providing the maximum practice of identifying and […]

5 Tuesdays ONLINE 10am – 12pm You will be required to attend all 5 dates below: Tuesday 9 June – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 16 June – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 23 June – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 30 June – 10am – 12pm Tuesday 7 July – 10am – 12pm This is a five-day […]

IN PERSON at UNISON West Midlands Regional Centre, Birmingham This course is being run by UNISON and Show Racism the Red Card. The course is aimed at senior branch representatives so that they can take forward a branch strategy to tackle this issue. The aims of the course are: – To raise your awareness of […]

ONLINE You will be required to attend all 5 dates set out below: Thursday 11 June – 10am – 12pm Thursday 18 June – 10am – 12pm Thursday 25 June – 10am – 12pm Thursday 2 July – 10am – 12pm Thursday 9 July – 10am – 12pm Even though the course is online, we […]