Search tagged West Midlands

How to Eliminate Racism in the UK

Date
5 October 2021 6:00pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The panel will discuss and reflect on racism in the UK and how they believe this can be tackled.

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Covid-19 Vaccine Information Event

Date
8 July 2021 6:00pm–7:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

Information and update on the Covid 19 Vaccine Programme

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Indian Farmers Dispute

Date
13 July 2021 6:30pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The Indian Farmers Dispute, how it came about and what’s happened so far..

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Communities Against Racism

Date
26 May 2021 7:00pm–8:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

A session with the project Communities Against Racism

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Regional Black Members SOG

Date
14 September 2021 6:00pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

Meeting of the West Midlands Regional Black Members Self Organised Group. Members within the West Midlands who identifies as Black are welcome to attend. Outcome

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

UNISON wins U-turn over hospital parking charges

West Midlands trust criticised for reimposing parking charges that were meant to be free during the pandemic

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Bystander Intervention Training

Date
29 June 2021 6:00pm–8:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The regional Black Members Self Organised Group, in conjunction with Communities Inc has organised Bystander intervention Training. The aim of this session is to: Explore why people don’t intervene Examine Case studies provide suggested interventions An overview of building the ally muscle More information PLACES ARE LIMITED to book please contact s.holder@unison.co.uk  Outcome

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Hate Crime Awareness

Date
18 May 2021 6:00pm–8:00pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

The regional Black Members Self Organised Group, in conjunction with Communities Inc has organised Hate Crime Awareness Training. The aim of this session is to: Provide a better understanding of hate crime Examine why it is important to report incidents Provide information on how to report An overview of statistics and trends More information PLACES […]

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

Regional Black Members SOG

Date
27 April 2021 6:00pm–7:30pm
Location
Online - Via Teams

Meeting of the West Midlands Regional Black Members Self Organised Group. Member within the West Midlands Who Identifies as Black is welcome to attend. More information Please contact Maddie – m.price@unison.co.uk  Outcome

Event on the UNISON West Midlands site.

‘I’ve felt like I’m more at risk of exhaustion than COVID-19’

A homeless hostel team leader talks about how the coronavirus pandemic has made her and her colleagues’ jobs harder than ever

Behind the headlines, Magazine on the Magazine site.

Whatever happened to the silly season?

August, usually a time of lazy days and holidays, the silly season and not much happening… but these are strange times and at UNISON, we’re always busy

Article on the UNISON National site.

West Midlands Ambulance Service wins back contract

Bringing the 111 and 999 services together should lead to “real improvements” for both patients and staff

Article on the UNISON National site.

Sandwell council staff celebrate victory in grading dispute

Members in UNISON and Unite had voted 100% to take industrial action before council regraded them

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON branch treasurer’s determination wins fair pay for college staff

‘At first it was gut instinct,’ says Julie Robinson, who challenged an error in how term-time staff at West Midlands sixth form college were being paid

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

A vast wealth of creativity: guest blog by Donald McCombie

In his years working with UNISON member learning at Birmingham City branch, Donald McCombie has organised a huge range of creative activities. In this blog he talks about that. I have always believed that within the membership of UNISON there lies a vast wealth of creativity. Mostly people are just lacking the opportunity to use […]

Learning news on the UNISON College site.