CALLING ALL UNISON ACTIVISTS! Are you interested in refreshing your skills, or perhaps you want to take on a new activist role? In the table below are details of the training available throughout November and December this year. DATE TITLE…
INTERESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES? There are some limited places available for this course commencing next Tuesday 21st May for 3 days at The Manchester College. This is a blended course of 2 days at the college and 1 day…
INTERESTED IN LEARNING NEW SKILLS? Working with our training partner, The Skills Network, we have secured a number of funded places on a variety of short-course distance learning qualifications. The Skills Network offer is for FREE on-line training with a…
This short course will develop trade union reps and members to recognise and deal with workplace issues relating to mental health. It is an introduction to the issues and covers strategies to deal with and raise awareness of the…
Earlier in the year Steve Swift stood down as Assistant Branch Secretary to take up a new role at UNISON North West. As 2012 draws to a close he looks back on his last year at the Manchester Branch. “Regrets,…
ULR/Education Report Go On Manchester The recent official launch of the campaign has now culminated in HR/OD introducing a staff engagement questionnaire to determine who has no e-mail address and no access to the intranet in their workplace. The staff…
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOW BEING TAKEN Are you interested in promoting Health & Wellbeing within the Workplace? We are now taking expressions of interest for up to 6 people to attend the next Mental Health Awareness (MHA) course due to…
The Branch often gets requests for short informal learning and training courses aimed at the following types of people: Contacts and activists who come forward during organising campaigns Workplace and ‘postbox’ contacts Reps and Officers who have just been elected…
It’s said that you’re never alone with a clone. Well, I could do with one! I have been an Assistant Branch Secretary for five months now, and I’m connecting with the areas I cover, but the sheer amount of work…
Please click on the following link to download a copy of the UNISON branch advice which was mentioned in the previous website article Administration of Medicines here.