About the Ethnicity Pay Gap Campaign The Ethnicity Pay Gap (EPG) cost Black workers over £3.2 billion in lost wages in 2018 (Resolution Foundation). This gap is getting wider. The Ethnicity Pay varies across regions and sectors. In London the gap is over 23.8 per cent. The impact of this loss of pay pushes Black […]
Challenging Racism in the Workplace is vital to UNISON’s work, whether it involves bargaining and negotiating for members; growing our membership; challenging pay freezes, reorganisations and redundancies or organising our member around campaigns that matter most to them. UNISON’s Black members have many of the same concerns as any other member regarding access to employment, […]
The public protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder challenged corporations and institutions to address the glaring racial disparities in their organisation and in society
The Lawrence Review endorses UNISON’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19
The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong
As the first week of Ramadan fasting comes to a close, UNISON has been working across regions to ensure Muslims members are supported during this important month
Gordon McKay uses speech to damn a government working to ‘undermine and punish working people’
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.
UNISON marks the 25-year fight against racism in football
Density will create power, says Margaret McKee, and help build a world where all people are treated with respect
Last year nearly 5,000 UNISON members took part in our equality survey. Take part this year and you might win a holiday.
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
Figures show Black workers to be under-represented in higher education workforce
Employers, unions and other stakeholders sign memorandum of understanding
