UNISON Ulearn Northern Ireland

Targeted at: Any activist who has been a steward for more than 3 years
Duration: 2 days

The UNISON NEC has mandated that all eligible UNISON stewards must complete this course.

What You and Your Union Can Gain From The Course? * An update on the new UNISON representation guide and changes in employment rights issues
* An opportunity to share working practices, successes, and lessons learnt from past activity
* Sharing ideas on how to improve participation in UNISON
* Share good practice in effective ways of recruiting new UNISON members
* Improve links between UNISON activists and the branch
* Raise awareness of UNISON training opportunities available to our reps
* Develop a consistent approach to representation in UNISON on an individual level and campaigning on a collective level in line with the principles contained in the Representation Guide

How The Course Will Work? UNISON education aims to help develop confidence and practical skills and to put the knowledge you gain during the course to good effect in your branch and workplace. Most of the time spent on the course will be organised in an active way that gives you an opportunity to participate, as well as share other people’s ideas and experience.
You will be working in small groups sharing your experience. We will discuss together changes we are facing as a region together with the issues that affect our members.

Date: Thurs. & Fri. 21- 22 February 2008
Location: Belfast

Date Thurs. 28 August 2008
Location: UNISON Belfast

Date Mon. 22 September 2008
Location Newry

Date Tues. 18 November 2008
Location UNISON Belfast

To register your interest download an application form here or