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As we get closer to summer, in UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers, celebrating at pride events will be more important than ever before

We’re proud to be out and celebrating Pride events across the region this summer, from Brighton to Herne Bay.

Date

10 July 2024 6:00pm–7:00pm

Location

Online

The aim of this checklist is to ‘stock-take’ your workplace policies and establish what work your branch can do to improve LGBT+ equality […]

Date

7 July 2024 12:00pm–6:00pm

Location

UNISON House, Emperor Way, Exeter Business Park, Exeter, EX1 3QS

This meeting is open to all UNISON members in the South West region who self-identify as LGBT+. Register here NB – lunch will NOT be provided as it is a Sunday so please […]

Date

5 June 2024 6:00pm–8:00pm

Location

Online

This meeting is open to all UNISON members in the South West region who self-identify as LGBT+. Register here The first hour of the meeting will be training on how to write a […]

Date

17 May 2024 12:00pm–1:00pm

Location

Online, Microsoft Teams

This webinar is aimed at activists in Greater London region. In commemoration of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), this webinar aims to support activists with organising for Year of LGBT+ Workers and how they can participate in the campaign, as well as finding out the Regional plans for the year ahead. Register […]

Date

24 April 2024 6:30pm–8:00pm

Location

Online, Microsoft Teams

This workshop is open to all young members (aged 30 or under) in London. The session will cover how we can be better allies to our trans colleagues, and how we can campaign for employers to adopt trans inclusive policies across London. Register here Outcome

Ms Pretswell proudly cited the history of supporting lesbian and gay rights as NUPE – one of UNISON’s founding unions – going back to 1981. Delegates unanimously backed the motion, which […]

The day began with Bev Miller, UNISON National Black Committee member, delivering a quiz on Black LGBT+ history. Lucy Power, Regional and National LGBT+ Committee member, and Mitch Coe, UNISON National […]

Date

11 July 2024 2:00pm–4:30pm

Location

UNISON Northern region, 140-150 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6TH

Your reps on the national LGBT+ committee will feed any issues and ideas back to the national LGBT+ committee. How do I […]

Date

12 July 2024 2:00pm–4:30pm

Location

UNISON Northern regional office, 140-150 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6TH, and on Teams

Do you want meet with other UNISON Bi+ members and have a say in the work that UNISON does for Bi+ equality in the workplace? If you do, this is the meeting for you! Who can attend In UNISON, we work with inclusive, umbrella definitions of bisexual and at UNISON’s LGBT+ conference in 2019, we […]

Date

12 July 2024 10:30am–1:00pm

Location

UNISON Northern region, 140-150 Pilgrim St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6TH

This network meeting gives us an excellent opportunity to meet other transgender, non-binary and gender diverse members and discuss the issues we face in the […]

She encouraged activists to utilise UNISON’s Pay Gaps Bargaining Guide, which includes ideas for branches on how they can organise around this issue. Attendees […]

On Saturday 24 February, our regional self-organised LGBT+ group officially launched UNISON’s year of LGBT+ workers with an event in Taunton.

We’re marking LGBT+ History Month by getting some of our activists to take the Five Questions challenge. Next up is Peter Oates, co-chair of the Eastern region LGBT+ committee and a health worker. Here’s what he had to say. Who are you? I am Peter, a UNISON activist in the Eastern region As a member […]