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Taiwo Owatemi MP – a UNISON member – addressed UNISON’s LGBT+ conference and thanked members for their work in the pandemic

Meeting on Transgender Day of Remembrance, LGBT+ conference backs a raft of motions to fight back against ‘an attack on all of us’

Christina McAnea took to the rostrum at UNION’s LGBT+ conference in Brighton this morning, to deliver a message of hope, of pride and of gratitude, mixed with anger at the antics of the Tory government in Westminster. After a very warm greeting for what was her first live speech to a conference since becoming UNISON’s […]

UNISON meets with some of our trans members to mark Transgender Awareness Week

Government set to introduce mandatory duty on employers to protect staff by introducing explicit protections from third-party harassment

Pride Month may be over but for Collina Angus, UNISON learning rep at Loughborough University, equalities are a year-round passion. That’s something that she’s combined with learning to create a dynamic, engaging series of online events, inviting experts to share their knowledge with members at the university. She began last October with an event for […]

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

Women in key worker positions across the East of England are losing sleep, spending more on household bills, and worrying about the pandemic’s impact on their children’s education and mental health, according to a survey published today by UNISON. The findings are based on responses from over 2,000 women including teaching assistants, nurses, council workers and police staff. They provide a comprehensive insight […]

Working parents – particularly mothers – are in an impossible situation this lockdown. UNISON is calling for paid parental leave to support them

Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19

UNISON South East outlines a series of recommendations and actions that branches can take to challenge inequality for Black members at work as we navigate through the pandemic

“I just try to support people the best I can. Black, white, women, men, LGBT, disabled, religious or not, so many people face barriers. If someone’s been treated badly or […]

We speak to Karen Clark about the contribution UNISON’s retired members make to the union

To mark Black History Month, UNISON looks at one part of the struggle to end slavery

UNISON disabled and LGBT+ activist Louise Ashworth looks back at 10 years of the Equality Act