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Date

16 September 2022 11:00am–3:00pm

Location

Virtual

Come and meet the National Black Members’ Committee (NBMC).

Date

17 September 2022 11:00am–1:30pm

Location

UNISON Centre

Do you want to be more involved with UNISON’s work on Black LGBT+ equality in the workplace, or just meet other Black LGBT+ UNISON members, this is the meeting for you! Join us on Saturday 17 September 2022 to learn more about the work that the UNISON Black LGBT+ network does for Black LGBT+ equality […]

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

Date

18 October 2019 12:30pm–7:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

UNISON’s Annual Black History Event attracts up to 150 attendees and brings together Black union members, activists and the local community. The event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the shared history and the achievements of Black people. UNISON’s Annual Black History Event attracts up to 150 attendees and brings together Black union members, activists […]

Date

8 August 2019 12:00pm–2:30pm

Location

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

National meeting for all UNISON Black Disabled members   National Disabled Members Black Caucus Network Days Free event with lunch provided.  Travel costs met nationally. Meet other Black disabled members, including your reps on the National Disabled Members Committee. These meetings have been arranged to allow space for members from under-represented groups within disabled members […]

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

Date

9 August 2018 4:00pm–6:30pm

Location

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

Annual meeting for all UNISON disabled Black members National Disabled Members Network Days A voice for you at disabled members UNISON conference! These meetings have been arranged to allow space for members from under represented groups within disabled members self organisation to network and organise and to ensure they have better access to the disabled […]

Density will create power, says Margaret McKee, and help build a world where all people are treated with respect