UNISON is busting out all over – our monthly highlights

If it’s June, it’s the seaside. If it’s 2018, it’s Brighton. Once again, UNISON activists gathered in the south coast resort last month for our national delegate conference – the annual parliament that sets the priorities for the year ahead and decides policies for the union. And there was a special theme to this year’s conference – our 25th. Yes, UNISON was formed on 1 July 1993 and conference saw the start of our 25thbirthday celebrations. Those first 25 years, and the values that will remain key to UNISON for the next quarter century and beyond, were summed in a specially commissioned film shown at conference: Watch the film now “You and me. Us. In unison. Here for each other. Here for good. 25 years? We’re just getting started. And. We. Are. Glorious.” That was a theme picked up by general secretary Dave Prentis in his keynote address, when he listed the union’s campaigning and industrial success on behalf of members – and wider society – before declaring: “Twenty five years, conference. We’re just getting started.” But the conference wasn’t just about celebrating our own birthday. The issues, threats and challenges facing our members and key public services remain real and how to deal with them ran through the whole four days of the conference. Whether it’s making sure we provide greater support for members working in the private sector,the fastest growing group of members, making young workers key to organising and campaigning work,...
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