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Equality law gives disabled workers the right to reasonable adjustments where they experience substantial […]

‘Threatening benefit cuts or accusing disabled people of “not doing their duty” achieves nothing,’ writes UNISON general secretary

The motion ‘mind the pay gap’ noted that, even for those disabled people in work, the disability pay gap is growing and now stands at a shocking 17.2% […]

“That’s how we turn the whole thing on it’s head. That’s how we make sure we force employers to ask themselves if they are fit to employ. “When we empower more people to say […]

UNISON’s disabled members conference opened with a round-up of the year’s activity – including positive lobbying for disability equality

Ahead of UNISON’s national disabled members conference, one delegate talks about her life as a neurodiverse person – and how being diagnosed has changed it for the better

The UNISON South East Equality Calendar for 2023 is now live! View this year’s equality calendar Equality is at the heart of everything we do as a union, and we want to make it as easy as possible for UNISON members to get involved. We hope it will be useful for you in knowing when […]

UNISON says that the Equality Act 2020 is being misrepresented by the Equality and Human Rights Commission

UNISON is one of the founding members of the charter, which includes a call for a new legal duty on employers to respond to reasonable adjustments requests, which disabled workers […]

The Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES) requires all NHS Trusts in England to report data on the […]

We’re proud to present our new equality calendar! The interactive calendar will help UNISON Eastern members and activists keep on top of the big events in the union as well as national and international equalities dates. The calendar will be updated regularly so check back for the latest and please get in touch if you’ve […]

The permanent switch to more home working may lead to rising gender inequality in the workplace, according to experts, unless employers carefully monitor their new working […]

Since the AGM in 2020, work has been underway to identify barriers to participation with our regional democracy and identify new initiatives to grow activism in our region

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 […]

Why 2022 is ‘an exciting opportunity to showcase the skills, experience and qualities that disabled people bring to the workplace and to society’