I’m looking forward to developing our activist members’ confidence, skills, and networks. Now more than ever we need members to play an active part in their union so consider becoming a SWU Union Contact.
We are pleased to announce that SWU has gained formal trade union recognition with the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (HNYICB).
Social workers, students, and trade unionists from across the UK gathered in Manchester to discuss activism and solidarity.
A FREE Training & Development Day for Social Workers and Social Work Students in Manchester on 27th April 2024.
Learn about successful campaigns that have been supported by Campaign Collective, including several led by SWU members.
It’s not too late to register for SWU’s Training & Development Day in Manchester on Saturday 23rd September 2023.
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.
New SWU Assistant General Secretary announced and “How in 2023 do we improve on stress and working conditions for UK social workers?”
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
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