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At UNISON’s women’s conference, our region called for more to be done to help women during the cost of living crisis

Date

1 March – 30 April, 2023

As the UK’s largest women’s organisation, we are there for, and led by, women everyday – not just on International Women’s Day.

Guest blog from Regional Convenor and Black Members Committee Chair Rosita Ellis for International Women’s Day 2022

Women’s history has been long overlooked and this is an opportunity to raise awareness of women’s history, to celebrate women’s lives and achievements; which are not only inspiring, but also provide strong role models for women today.

Women trade unionists in New York. Photo: The Kheel Center On March 8, 1857, women garment workers in New York City demonstrated against their inhumane working conditions and low wages. They were attacked by the police and dispersed. Two years later, the first female trade union in the US was formed by these women to […]

Sunday 8 March is International Womens Day. With a million women members, International Women’s Day is an event that UNISON are proud to celebrate. This year’s event takes place against the backdrop of UNISON negotiating with local government employers around the 2020-2021 NJC pay claim – which disproportionately impacts on women workers. That’s why in the […]

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. […]

Date

6 March 2020 5:30pm–8:00pm

Location

Palmerston Lecture Theatre, Solent University (The Spark building), East Park Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YN

Southampton District UNISON is holding a film screening to celebrate International Women’s Day. The 1980 film 9 to 5 is an office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves. Times: 5:30 pm – doors open 5:45 pm – pre-film […]

Linda Elvin and Natalia Sukhram of Canterbury City local government branch are still fairly new to being active in UNISON. They have attended the regional women’s forum for the last couple of years, attended national women’s conference for the first time in February and have completed a number of the courses in the Branch Women’s […]