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Ambulance worker Glenn Carrington holds the Eastern general seat on UNISON’s national executive council. He’s the next person to take the 5 Questions challenge for Black History Month. Who are you? Glenn Carrington, AKA The Bear. I was the first Black paramedic in Cambridgeshire Ambulance Service, now part of the East of England Ambulance Service, and […]

Why 2022 is ‘an exciting opportunity to showcase the skills, experience and qualities that disabled people bring to the workplace and to society’ After two years during which disabled members have faced unprecedented challenges, UNISON has made 2022 the year of disabled workers. As part of the year, new resources have been created to help […]

To mark Black History Month, UNISON looks at one part of the struggle to end slavery

This year, UNISON will be giving Doreen and Neville Lawrence honorary life membership as a mark of respect for their enormous contributions to fight racism across UK society

They are 48% of the UK workforce. These women will inevitably experience menopause at some point in their lives, and not necessarily in their late forties or early fifties […]

It is the first international treaty to recognise this, and specifically includes gender-based violence and harassment. The union is calling on the Conservative government to ensure words are rapidly […]

The motion pointed activists toward #HubofHope, a resource to signpost the right support that LGBT+ people need. A motion on the climate crisis for the national committee saw Penny Smith explain […]

Graeme Ellis and Tansaim Hussain-Gul are co-chairs of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee. Here, they look at how COVID-19 has disproved myths about home working being unproductive

Inequalities emerging through the pandemic are chilling evidence to support UNISON’s demands on workplace rights and decent public services.  We need them now

• UNISON Black members meet in their annual conference in Bournemouth at the end of this month, from 31 January to 2 February, where discussions will […]

What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault

Seventy two jurisdictions criminalise private, consensual same-sex sexual activity – mostly for men. Half of these are in the Commonwealth. Forty four […]

Introducing a motion for the national LGBT committee, Anu Prashar told delegates that, “when I came out, it seemed as though I only had two […]

Women’s conference votes to take measures to ensure more low paid women can participate in the union