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• Make sure you’ve had your data protection training

  16-09-2024 16:29
  
  UNISON activists need ensure they they’ve completed special training on data protection so as to ensure the union remains within the law.
  At national delegate conference in June, the following rule was passed: “G5.3(6) The stewards shall complete the union’s mandatory data protection training within three months of being elected; and any subsequent annual refresher training”.
  To date, only approximately 45% of UNISON activists have completed this training. If yo
  
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• UNISON gives evidence to COVID inquiry

  16-09-2024 16:09
  
  Sara Gorton, UNISON’s head of health, gave evidence to the third module of the COVID inquiry last week (above).
  The module examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK.
  Speaking on behalf of the TUC, Ms Gorton gave evidence about both her UNISON role and her role as co-chair of the NHS staff council and the NHS social partnership forum through the pandemic.
  Her evidence focussed on the relationship between the trade unions and the employe
  
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