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This year marked the 46th TUC Trade Union Comms awards.

An opportunity to celebrate the spectacular work of our best communication teams across the movement, we had 65 entries across six categories, from 21 affiliate unions.
comms awards 2023

"It has been some year for trade union comms. Unions have been campaigning and winning for members on a scale we haven’t seen for years. Your roles as union communicators have been crucial to it all.

Your work has inspired and empowered members, won over the public and held politicians to account. The creativity, commitment and skill evident in this year’s entries is something to be proud of. Many thanks to all those who have taken the time and trouble to enter.

A big thank you too to our judges for the excellent job they have done in assessing the entries. They have brought a great breadth of experience to the process."

Paul Nowak

Download the Comms Award booklet 2023 (PDF)

Details of how to enter next years Comms Awards will be announced in January 2024. Comms teams interested in entering can contact Daniel Shannon-Hughes dshannon-hughes@tuc.org.uk to be informed when the submission period opens.


Our 2023 winners:

NUJ

Category 1: Best union journal


Winner: The Journalist - National Union of Journalists

Highly commended: Educate – NEU

CommendedEquity - Equity


Equity

Category 2: Best recruitment and organising communication


Winner: equity.org.uk – Equity

Highly commended: 10 Good Reasons to Join Usdaw – Usdaw

Commended: Reps Guide to Recruitment - NEU


NEU

Category 3: Best communication for reps and activists


Winner: Pay Up! Save our Schools – NEU

Highly commended: Network – Usdaw

Commended: Unite Extra - Unite


NEU

Category 4: Best campaign communication(s)


Winner: Pay Up! Save Our Schools - NEU

Highly commended: Fair Pay or Fire Strike - FBU

Commended: #ucuRISING - UCU


RMT

Category 5: Best media story


Winner: Creating the Mick Lynch media storm - RMT

Highly commended: School Funding Campaign - NAHT

Commended: FDA calls for ministerial bullying investigation - FDA


RMT

Category 6: Best use of social media


Winner: #SupportRailWorkers – RMT

Highly commended: P&O Ferries social media - Nautilus

Commended: NHS pay strike in England - CSP

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