Jun
05
Let’s talk Gender
This Pride Month, SWU Vice Chair Chrissie Beatty shares her personal reflections on using language that shows care and consideration of someone’s gender.
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Jun
03
Talk to SWU at our free workplace issues webinar on 11 August 2025: Disability and your rights at work
A panel of A&R Trade Union Officers will answer your questions about disability rights and any other workplace issues you are experiencing.
Jun
02
SWU membership feedback on SWE “Consultation on proposals to make changes to our fees”
SWU General Secretary John McGowan met with SWE Chief Executive Colum Conway to personally deliver a copy of this feedback.
May
27
BASW & SWU statement on the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank
BASW and SWU jointly call for the immediate lifting of the blockade on Gaza by the Israeli government and the full, safe passage of humanitarian aid by international humanitarian organisations.
May
23
Student-led SWU and SASW campaign wins postgraduate social work bursary increase in Scotland
Postgraduate social work student bursaries in Scotland will increase by almost 50% on average in the 2025-26 academic year.
May
20
SWU motions unanimously passed at the General Federation of Trade Union Conference
All three motions delivered by SWU at the GFTU’s 106th Biennial General Council Meeting were received positively and unopposed.
May
09
Reform UK is a looming shadow for workers’ and civil rights
We must stand together firmly, as both social workers and trade unionists, and reject this division which seeks to weaken us as a movement.
Apr
28
International Workers’ Memorial Day 2025
We believe that everyone should have the right to live full lives, that people ultimately best understand their own capacity, and that human worth isn’t measured by productivity.
Apr
11
The ‘Case for Change’ in Northern Ireland
Gerry Madden reflects on the BASW Northern Ireland and Social Workers Union event held in Derry on 2nd April 2025. “I was absolutely delighted recently to represent SWU at the launch of the BASW NI and SWU research report ‘The Read more
Apr
08
International Romani Day 2025
Make a stand today by asking your MP to push for a repeal of Part 4 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act (PCSC) 2022.