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2023 is UNISON’s Year of Black workers and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the experience of Black workers from around the region. This video message is from Susan Cooper-Olawale.

2023 is UNISON’s Year of Black workers and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the experience of Black workers from around the region. This is a guest blog from Regional Convenor Rosita Ellis.

The solution As dramatic as this may sound, my life changed when I joined UNISON in 2018. I started getting involved with the South East Region Black […]

“We are one team against racism, just as we are one team for patient care”

I want it to act as a catalyst for permanent and irrevocable change, not just across our public services, but across the whole of society." He continued, "We must […]

UNISON women – imagining a gender equal world

On 21 February, Bill Acharjee from the Black members committee attended a cross party roundtable event in Portcullis House aimed at combatting racism

Women have always been central to trade unions and the fight for a more equal society. To celebrate Women’s History Month we’ve put together a timeline of some of the key dates for women and the trade union movement.

Retirement “Women are short-changed through their working lives and then through retirement,” Dawn Johnson, North Cumbria […]

The UNISON South East Equality Calendar for 2023 is now live! View this year’s equality calendar Equality is at the heart of everything we do as a union, and we want to make it as easy as possible for UNISON members to get involved. We hope it will be useful for you in knowing when […]

Delegates make their voices heard at Scottish city’s International Conference Centre

Southampton District branch are hosting a lunchtime event where guest speakers will discuss a range of subjects around mental health and the cost of living crisis, with debt and well-being advice and more. Beginning at 12:30pm, the event at the John Hansard Gallery on Thursday 15th December will include lunch, mince pies and sherry! To book your place, […]

Never mind the World Cup, meet the Newbury charity football team scoring for UNISON!

UNISON South West’s LGBT+ self organised group were in attendance as the sun shone down for Taunton’s first Pride parade

As the UK’s largest organisation representing women, UNISON ran a webinar about defending abortion rights as part of our programme […]