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SWU Campaign Fund, SWU Union Contacts, Campaign Collective: creating positive change
Oct 03

SWU Union Contacts examine campaign successes

SWU CommsBlog, Featured, News, SWU Campaign Fund, SWU-BASW Cymru, SWU-BASW England, SWU-BASW NI, SWU-BASW UK, SWU-SASW, Union Contacts

Learn about successful campaigns that have been supported by Campaign Collective, including several led by SWU members.

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Sep 06

SWU Union Contacts Training and Development Day – 23 September 2023

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It’s not too late to register for SWU’s Training & Development Day in Manchester on Saturday 23rd September 2023.

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Apr 03

Meet Calum Gallacher, SWU’s newly appointed Assistant General Secretary

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In my view Trade Unionism and Social Work are markedly intertwined as social movements, both are concerned with the challenge of inequalities while seeking change and improvement by redress of power imbalances.

SWU and BASW England Staff standing at their shared stall at the COMPASS Birmingham Jobs Fair on 20 March 2023
Mar 24

SWU and BASW England at the Birmingham COMPASS Jobs Fair 2023

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New SWU Assistant General Secretary announced and “How in 2023 do we improve on stress and working conditions for UK social workers?”

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Dec 20

What sort of world do we want to live in?

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SWU Chair Dave Callow shares his reflections on the importance of unions and hope at the beginning of the 2022 festive season. In my first blog as chair of SWU, I would like to begin by thanking all the social Read more

Oct 11

John McGowan, General Secretary of the Social Workers Union provides an overview of the complexities of implementing strike action

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Despite the regular call out for strike from some BASW and SWU members; unfortunately, there isn’t an automatic legal right to strike in the UK. Difference between British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and Social Workers Union (SWU) Membership of Read more

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Jul 29

SWU members invited to Union Contact Induction on 10th September 2022

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Are you a member of SWU, and would you like to become a SWU Union Contact in your workplace or amongst your university cohort?  If so, our next Group Induction Day is Saturday 10th September from 9.30am-3.30pm in Central Birmingham. Lunches and refreshments are provided Read more

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Jul 26

Who actually benefits from the privatisation of public services?

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SWU National Organiser Carol Reid comments on the continuing wave of privatisation and loss of public sector services A recent announcement that the Department for Education (DfE) has awarded £7million to Frontline for the provision of “training and development for council children’s Read more

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Jul 05

SWU Union Contact Induction Day 10th September 2022

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The next SWU Union Contact Induction Day is Saturday 10th September 2022 in the BASW Offices, central Birmingham.

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Aug 03

SWU and SASW further develop SWU Union Contact programme for Scotland

SWU EditorBlog, SWU-SASW, Union Contacts

SWU Union Contacts in Scotland and interested SASW members are invited to attend our Teams meeting on August 10th 2021 The Social Workers Union (SWU) is pleased to be in collaboration with the Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) to Read more

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