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Date

12 September 2019 12:30pm–3:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

Annual meeting for all UNISON Black LGBT+ members, held at UNISON Centre.

Date

30 – 31 August 2019

Location

Radisson Blu Hotel, Frankland Lane, Durham, DH1 5TA

Outcome

Major demonstrations are being organised in Cardiff, Glasgow and London

Delegates reiterate that ‘social care is the bedrock of our society’

Date

8 August 2019 12:00pm–2:30pm

Location

UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

The meetings allow under-represented groups to identify and discuss their own priorities and submit motions and amendments in line with the conference […]

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 – […]

There, she joined Nalgo, one of UNISON’s three predecessor unions. In 1998 she became a rep and later, her branch’s equalities rep […]

Anu Prashar from the UNISON LGBT group moved a motion on changing the union’s rule book to allow the group to change its name to […]

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 […]

Speaking at UNISON’s annual Black Members Conference today (Friday) 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.

Date

16 March 2019 12:30pm–4:30pm

Location

Central London

Unity demonstration: march against racism and fascism This event, organised by Stand Up to Racism and Love Music Hate Racism, will demonstrate our confidence in our values of respect and equality for all, for multiculturalism, strong cohesive communities and peace. It will demonstrate our solidarity in action against the politics of hate, against bigotry, racism and discrimination of […]

Date

27 June 2019 3:00pm–5:30pm

Location

UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

Meet other Black disabled members, including your reps on the National Disabled Members Committee. These meetings have been arranged […]

Black members in UNISON work to improve equality in the workplace and challenge racism and discrimination. Black members have many of the same concerns as other members regarding access to employment, pay, promotion and training. However, racist discrimination can deepen the impact of problems faced in the workplace. UNISON Eastern spoke to some of the […]