SOG’s News
Birmingham Branch Women’s Self Organised Group Annual General Meeting Thursday 11th March 2021 18:00 – 19:00 pm The Annual General Meeting is where the Women’s Group hold elections for the Women’s Officer, Chair and Secretary. The Women’s Officer post comes with one facility day each week, the secretary and chair do not have facility time. […]
Calling Notice Birmingham Branch Disabled Members Annual General Meeting Monday 8th February Time: 17.45-19.00 Zoom virtual meeting The following positions will be elected at the meeting: Disabled Members Officer Chair Secretary Local Government Conference rep National Conference rep Please send nominations for the above positions to Philippa Hands by Monday 8th February at 12.00 noon. […]
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The Branch Disabled Members Officer has produced a reading list of books that have characters with disabilities in them. It is also Disability History Month. This year’s theme is Access- How Far have we come and how far we’ve yet to go. Birmingham Libraries have a variety […]
This year is my final Young Workers Month as a Young Member, this time next year I will have aged out. I feel reflecting on my time as part of Young Members is important because I want whoever becomes our next Young Members Officer and the young members in this Branch to know that there […]
November is Young Workers Month, and this year I thought I’d honour it with a blog post – This year Young Workers Month is a little different to say the least, but its still important to mark it because its important to acknowledge the hard work, new experiences, different viewpoints and determination of young workers. […]
We are pleased to be restarting the Women’s Self Organised Group monthly meetings and welcoming all our Women members to come and join us. 19th November 2020 18:00 till 19:30 Agenda: Discussion around Women’s Conference due to take place February 18th & 19th 2021. Members can put themselves forward to attend the conference and voting […]
Like many other organisations, UNISON has had to cancel many of its conferences and meetings as a result of COVID-19. But the UK’s biggest union has democracy at its heart and still wants its members to be involved. With this in mind, UNISON’s Disabled members have organised a series of virtual events in place of […]
UNISON National Black Members Committee have been instrumental in its work in addressing inequalities over the years and to this end the National Black Members Committee and Branch Black Members Self Organised Group would urge you to read and participate in the below questionnaire:- UNISON Equality Survey 2020 – tell us about your experiences during […]
Members of UNISON’s national and regional LGBT+ groups have really missed the opportunity to be out and about at Pride events this summer. We’ve missed working with all the branches that support us at these events, and talking to everyone – members and prospective members. Given this – and to make sure that the UNISON […]
UNISON Birmingham Branch support all West Midlands WASPI groups in their proposal to give 1950’s born women early access to their pensions. This will help the economy, vacate jobs and enable them to spend on the high street. Women Against State Pension Injustice www.waspicampaign2018.co.uk UNISON extends solidarity to Women in pensions appeal hearing Court of […]