Jun
12
Social workers, take the SWU and ITV News survey
Please help us build a national picture of the hidden costs of poverty and the pressures on frontline workers.
Category: Working Conditions
Jun
10
SWU and BASW launch a major campaign to tackle poor working conditions in the social work profession
New research reveals that alarming staff shortages and deteriorating working conditions are putting children and adults at risk.
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.
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
22
SWU General Secretary elected as co-Vice President of the General Federation of Trade Unions
This is indeed good news for social work and for SWU to have such a key role within the GFTU.
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
15
SWU demands government action on mental health
SWU has written to health ministers for all four UK nations urging them to address the mental health crisis in the UK.
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