Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers
Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers
We’d like to invite you to a webinar and panel discussion, bringing together Black activists from around the region. Panellists include Assistant General Secretary, Roger McKenzie, and Chair of Regional Black Members, Rosita Ellis. We will be discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, the Public Health England report, organising and campaigning for equality in the […]
UNISON are also asking for assurances that Cllr Halsall’s remarks do not represent Council policy, but merely his own […]
The uncomfortable conversation that needs to be had
June is Pride Month: a celebration that commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots, when members of New York’s LGBT+ community fought back against homophobic policing. This historically significant event sparked the international LGBT+ rights movement that has achieved so much over the last 50 years. Whilst large gatherings are not possible at present, Pride should still […]
Acting regional secretary Tim Roberts turns to the Black Lives Matter movement in his latest blog
Words and promises won’t cut it any longer
We have today joined all those condemning the murder by police of innocent George Floyd in Minnesota.
UNISON head of equality Gloria Mills looks at the union’s role. UNISON head of equality Gloria Mills provides some […]
The murder of George Floyd and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black communities has focused attention on inequality and racism. UNISON head of equality Gloria Mills looks at the union’s role
The taking of George Floyd’s life, like all the many atrocities before this, must not be in vain, but serve as a catalyst for the outpouring of pent up anger at the […]
Gloria Mills, UNISON equalities national secretary, on why the report into the impact of COVID-19 on Black people is a “major disappointment” We must recommit to fight racism in all its forms – that was the very clear message from UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis last week after the murder of George Floyd and the […]
Gloria Mills, UNISON equalities national secretary, on why the report into the impact of COVID-19 on Black people is a “major disappointment”
For any members of our community feeling angry, sad, scared, or frustrated we are here to support you
UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled