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Mary Seacole leadership and development awards announced

Six nurses, midwives and health visitors from a range of disciplines received recognition for their contribution to Black communities

Article on the UNISON National site.
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Thousands mobilise for TUC demos across the UK

The marches in London, Glasgow and Belfast will send the government a strong message that people want a Future that Works

Article on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON president urges members to get involved with Hope not hate

"As the UK's leading public-service union, we actively campaign for equality in the workplace and the wider world." Branches and activists can order a leaflet for […]

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Tournament builds ‘kick racism out of football’ message

"These areas can be the base for racist groups to prey upon and I believe the message needs to go out loud and clear that any kind […]

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Why the equality duty matters (England and Wales)

It is gathering evidence on how the extended equality duty and the former race, disability and gender equality duties have operated in practice and how […]

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Helping members after the floods

UNISON help and advice for branches dealing with members who have been affected by the recent floods is now available

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UNISON membership and the EDL, SDL and WDL

The NEC meeting on 5 December 2012 agreed that membership of, or support for, the English, Welsh and Scottish Defence Leagues is incompatible with UNISON membership, under […]

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Black members stress need to build the union

In a busy session, Manjula Kumari for the national Black members' committee, pointed out that "young Black people and young people in […]

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NBMC conference decisions now available

A full record is now available of all this year’s conference decisions

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UNISON gives evidence to the equality duty review

To begin with, it has only been two years since the Public Sector Equality Duty came into force and this review is premature. UNISON says that we know that it takes time to […]

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UNISON hosts the launch of Show Racism the Red Card schools’ toolkit

UNISON Northern regions hosts launch of Show Racism the Red Card schools’ toolkit

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UNISON condemns racists for capitalising on soldier’s murder

The letter says: "We know that the EDL does not speak for all Britain, just as we know that Muslim extremists do not speak for all Muslims. We, the British […]

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Help fight back against the attack on the equality duty

General secretary Dave Prentis said: "The public sector equality duty is not a luxury. We need to fight any attack on the duty. "With the spending review just […]

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Conference hears of impact of cuts on Black people

Two fifths of Black workers live in low-income households: more than the national average

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Delegates discuss motions on equalities issues and the cuts

Delegates at UNISON’s local government conference completed their conference this afternoon with a series of debates around equalities issues and the cuts

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