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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 […]

Our politicians will either implement change or resist it. So, to really make Black Lives Matter, anti-racists will have to decide who our […]

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 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 […]

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”

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

UNISON has always actively challenged racism, and will always do so, wherever it raises its vile head

 Let us be the change that we want to see, we need to create a world that fair for all. A world that celebrates our […]

UNISON and sister probation unions tell National Probation Service there is no time to waste in safeguarding their Black/BAME members