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Date

7 March 2022 5:00pm–6:30pm

UNISON’s National International Committee and National Women’s Committee webinar.

Pandemic has highlighted need for new arrangements

UNISON is backing a campaign for a proper memorial for the women and girls who joined together in London’s East End to fight for a better working life

With Kamala Harris making history as America’s first female vice-president, Amanda Kendal reflects on the value of having women in positions of authority

With more than a million women members, UNISON is always loud and proud for women’s rights at work. Here are just a couple of our recent wins

Date

8 March 2021

Use our suite of graphics (and the global hashtag) to celebrate International Women’s Day on social media. Get the graphics We’d love to share videos of UNISON […]

This International Women’s Day we’ll all be ‘choosing to challenge’ – just as we always do in UNISON

Location

Online

International Womens Day 2021 – Celebrate and Learning with UNISON South West Celebrated on March 8 every year, International Women’s Day is a day dedicated to honouring the achievements of women throughout history and all across the globe, and is typically a day for women from all different backgrounds and cultures to band together to fight for gender parity and women’s rights

Location

Online

International Womens Day 2021 – Celebrate and Learning with UNISON South West Celebrated on March 8 every year, International Women’s Day is a day dedicated to honouring the achievements of women throughout history and all across the globe, and is typically a day for women from all different backgrounds and cultures to band together to fight for gender parity and women’s rights

Date

8 March 2021 10:00am–4:00pm

Location

Online

International Womens Day 2021 – A learning opportunity for Women in UNISON SW

Date

8 March 2021 10:00am–4:00pm

Location

Online

International Womens Day 2021 – A learning opportunity for Women in UNISON SW

Women trade unionists in New York. Photo: The Kheel Center On March 8, 1857, women garment workers in New York City demonstrated against their inhumane working conditions and low wages. They were attacked by the police and dispersed. Two years later, the first female trade union in the US was formed by these women to […]

Sunday 8 March is International Womens Day. With a million women members, International Women’s Day is an event that UNISON are proud to celebrate. This year’s event takes place against the backdrop of UNISON negotiating with local government employers around the 2020-2021 NJC pay claim – which disproportionately impacts on women workers. That’s why in the […]

International Women’s Day (8 March) is a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past and present and this year will be particularly important as it marks 100 years since the day was honoured for the first time. For more info: www.internationalwomensday.com Women’s history has been long overlooked. During the month […]

With the UK having just started its first full year under a Boris Johnson government, one of the dominant themes at conference was continuing austerity – because, aside from the announcement of a rise in the national minimum wage to come in the spring, election campaign promises to end austerity have yet to be realized. […]