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Yvonne Mosquito’s activism began when she started working in schools at 17 and has taken her to many roles in Birmingham

General secretary tells Black members’ conference that UNISON has been warning of such a collapse for years

Date

10 February 2018 11:00am–4:30pm

Location

Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H

A plenary sessions and discussion – fighting racism and mobilising for the mass UN Demonstration on 17 March Workshops include Challenging and fighting Islamophobia, institutional racism, solidarity with migrant workers and Brexit and the free movement of labour, and tackling the myths about immigration. Conference is supported by the TUC, UNISON, Unite, CWU, PCS, NUT, UCU, […]

Date

14 September 2018 12:00pm–5:00pm

Location

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

LGBT members, equality, Black Members, National, members groups National network meeting for UNISON Black LGBT members. All Black LGBT members welcome: free event with lunch provided.  Travel costs met nationally. You don’t have to be out in your branch to attend. Meet other Black LGBT members, including the reps on the national LGBT committee. Find […]

Reviewing the year at our 2017 Black members AGM and putting plans in place for next twelve months

Feeding back on September 2017’s Black members leadership and motion writing course

A few famous faces showed up at UNISON head office recently, for an event on behalf of anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card.

In June this year, UNISON ran a survey to find out about members’ financial situations, and some of the results are shocking, especially when it came to our Black members.

Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.

Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.

Last year nearly 5,000 UNISON members took part in our equality survey. Take part this year and you might win a holiday.

Date

19 – 21 January 2018

Location

BT Centre, Liverpool

The national conference of UNISON’s Black members’ self-organised group.

Date

2 October 2017 7:30pm–10:30pm

Location

Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

A SERTC Black History Month event celebrating the life of Jayaben Desai who fought for better pay, conditions and dignity for workers in 1976 and 1977, on behalf of 137 sacked and poorly paid Asian women.

Conference hears that the post-Brexit world, where the ‘other’ is increasingly seen as a problem, is making the situation worse for Black workers

Nominations are open now for UNISON’s Nelson Mandela Award 2018