Growing into Grovember

Across all our regions, throughout the month of Nov… sorry, GROvember, UNISON activists have been spreading the message that we’re #strongertogether. We’ve picked out a few actions from our members to give you a tiny flavour of what’s happening. Using the hashtag #joinUNISON, Eastern region brought us sight of another health hero signing up to join UNISON at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (pictured above) and said that staff were “flocking” to the stall to join. Meanwhile, Elliot Dean used Twitter to say that “lots of new members” were joining at Chesterfield Royal Hospital when the branch held a stall earlier this week (pictured above), while Rachel Riversong noted that six new members had signed up. At Pontefract General Infirmary in West Yorkshire, Cath Bacon reported “so many people wanting to #joinUNISON – and discuss becoming active.” No wonder she said it was a “great day!” Across the Pennines, Knowsley UNISON’s social media bod was “#feeling old” after the ranch “recruited our newest member who also happens to be a young member … born in 1997!” Durham UNISON took the message into Durham College, where their wheel of fortune proved a winning recruiter. Northern UNISON organiser Deb and branch assistant Lucy were using Stars in Our Schools as a hook, as they headed off into Newcastle schools, “goodie bags at the ready”, while it was an early start at Newcastle College (pictured below). A Cymru/Wa...
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