UNISON’s Middlesbrough LG Branch was delighted to be able to participate in celebrating the second Black History Youth Awards Dinner hosted by Cultures CIC, in Middlesbrough Town Hall. UNISON Middlesbrough LG Branch has also become one of the sponsors of the event, supporting the vital community organising work which underpins the event. The awards celebrate […]
UNISON ‘proud’ to sponsor inaugural health BAME award as it launches Race for Equality campaign
“I’m a residential care officer and I work with the most vulnerable children in Wales, so I was regularly restraining […]
As part of Black History month, UNISON’s health team is proud to launch its Race for Equality Campaign. Let’s stamp out racism in the NHS.
Coinciding with Black History Month, UNISON has launched a major new campaign aimed at helping health branches deal with the racism that their Black members face every day
Peterborough youth worker is a Local Service Champion and has been honoured by the Queen
Dear Friend We believe there should be an independent public inquiry into the Windrush scandal & the injustices faces by multi -generations & other communities who came to the UK from Commonwealth countries. We support this petition by the PCS Union which has been launched in my name on the union’s behalf. . The petition […]
Major demonstrations are being organised in Cardiff, Glasgow and London
Delegates reiterate that ‘social care is the bedrock of our society’
Speaking at UNISON’s annual Black Members Conference in Llandudno, general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Last the NHS celebrated its 70th anniversary, yet the descendants of those that came from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to help build it are still facing barriers. “NHS figures out this week show Black staff are more likely to suffer abuse from patients and harassment from colleagues. They […]
On the final morning of UNISON’s Black member’s conference, delegates opened with an emotional debate on the tragic toll of knife crime and how to combat the problem. Paulette Whyte for the national Black members’ committee reported that police had recorded over 39,000 knife offences for the year to the end of June 2018 – […]
Carol Sewell urges Black members to be the ‘best they can be’ in UNISON
Black members share stories of individuals and families whose lives have been affected by the scandal
Gordon McKay uses speech to damn a government working to ‘undermine and punish working people’
Mo Mohammed (pictured with UNISON president Gordon McKay) from Yorkshire and Humberside and works for North Yorkshire Police. Having faced discrimination in his career and […]
