Remember, remember, glorious Grovember

After the union was officially recognised as the UK’s biggest (have we mentioned that already?), November – or Grovember, as we renamed it – saw everyone at UNISON energised around boosting membership to make us “stronger together”. Activists everywhere hit the floor running, signing up new members around the regions. Stalls were staged, floors walked and dogs nominated as Grovember mascots – well, one called Oscar (pictured above) was – and all in all, it was a rip-roaring success. LGBT conference met in Harrogate, where delegates unanimously backed a call to change the group name to be LGBT+ to increase inclusivity. This will now be taken to the union’s national delegate conference in Liverpool next June, where it will need to be passed by a 2/3 majority to allow for a rule change. The conference also saw recruitment awards go to Cardiff City Branch’s LGBT group (pictured above) – only founded in January and already having doubled its membership – Scotland and the North West. In Yorkshire, the University of Bradford climbed down on redundancy numbers after a four-day strike. And the security team at Leicester University were also able to celebrate after the employer dropped its plan to reduce hours and cut pay after a magnificent branch campaign, including 100% backing for industrial action. On 23 November, UNISON once again marked the invaluable contribution of school support staff with Stars in Our Schools. From St David’s Pimary, Cwmbran to P...
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