The power of union learning

“A few years ago … I wouldn’t have said boo to a goose, but my confidence and my own self-worth have grown.”
Those are the words of Sharon Thompson, hospital catering assistant and UNISON member, and one of the many, many workers who has benefited from union learning.
Sharon had, at one time, wanted to study child psychology, but university wasn’t possible. Some years down the line, when she was having difficulties at work, UNISON learning rep Hazel Kjebekk suggest