UNISON has called on the leader of Wokingham Borough Council to clarify whether the authority will continue to support the Black Lives Matter campaign, as a matter of urgency. The call comes after Cllr John Halsall announced to a council meeting on 16 June that the campaign group had “become a political organisation” and Wokingham Borough Council could […]
UNISON is determined that our collective power must be used to change this. Below you will find a link to a new leaflet we have produced on this topic; Racism in the […]
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 […]
Was there ever a more tragic, a more real physical representation of white power than a white police officer kneeling on the back of a Black man, slowly suffocating him over eight minutes and 46 […]
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
Read our letter to AFSCME here 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. UNISON head of equality Gloria Mills provides some context on racism in the UK and explains how the union […]
UNISON has to use the size of its membership and the power of its access to influence change and continue to hold employers and the government to account. We need to use the tools and power […]
Rosita Ellis, Chair of the regional Black members group, on why racism, discrimination and the marginalisation of minority groups will always be a trade union issue
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”
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UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled
UNISON has always actively challenged racism, and will always do so, wherever it raises its vile head
There has been a long history of police brutality in the United States, the unwarranted or excessive and often illegal use of force against […]
