International Women’s Day activities #BalanceForBetter Friday 8 March 2019 10am-4pm, Coleg y Cymoedd Nantgarw Campus Cardiff CF15 7QY To mark International Women’s Day 2019 (Friday 8 March), Velindre University NHS Trust and UNISON Cymru Wales are hosting in partnership an event looking at women’s history, struggles and successes. This will include: Exhibition of ‘Wall of […]
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For Debbie Rowden, recently elected to UNISON Eastern’s women’s committee, the meaning of this […]
Throughout her life, she has followed in her family’s footsteps and fought for feminist causes. She works for a charity that supports women internationally and has recently […]
International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past and present and this year will be particularly important as it marks 100 years since the day was honoured for the first time. For more info: www.internationalwomensday.com Women’s history has been long overlooked. During the month […]
With the UK having just started its first full year under a Boris Johnson government, one of the dominant themes at conference was continuing austerity – because, aside from the announcement of a rise in the national minimum wage to come in the spring, election campaign promises to end austerity have yet to be realized. […]
Just last week, they voted overwhelmingly for strike action in their ongoing dispute. A huge 96% voted in favour of strike action. I say it time […]
And the Greenham Common peace protesters of the 1980s or the care workers taking to the streets to demand equal pay in 2018. Every International Women’s Day, all of us […]
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Throughout her life, she has followed in her family’s footsteps and fought for feminist causes. She works for a charity that supports women internationally and has recently […]
For UNISON, with a million women in membership, this is obviously a significant date. UNISON women are […]
Today is International Women’s Day and female voices from across UNISON in Wales have shared their thoughts in the importance of women to the union.
With Kamala Harris making history as America’s first female vice-president, Amanda Kendal reflects on the value of having women in positions of authority
Because - against all the odds - so many of the issues that we’ve campaigned for on behalf of women members have seen substantial changes in government policy that will have a real […]
Union says ‘governments across the world must do more to protect women’ ahead of conference in Cardiff
At UNISON’s women’s conference, our region called for more to be done to help women during the cost of living crisis