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20 November is Transgender Memorial Day. We are marking the day with the launch of a joint UNISON/GIRES guide for health staff providing care for people who are trans

UNISON’s recruitment continues apace around the country

The national minimum wage rates have gone up from today

Marching on the Isle of Man Fast forward to 1983 and NALGO’s annual conference in Douglas, on the Isle of Man. On the island, a British Crown dependency, homosexuality was still […]

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

The month of June was chosen for LGBT Pride Month to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world

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 […]

Tell us about your experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic – and join the prize draw for shopping vouchers

That came on the back of her expressing support for a gender critical employment tribunal claimant who believed they had the right to misgender trans people. The judge in the case, by […]

Annual awards recognise work by regional LGBT+ groups that help to promote the union inside and outside the workplace

President calls on LGBT+ activists to help get the vote out for the general election

LGBT+ conference hears of the need to inclusive education

Conference hears of treatment of the Palestinian people, plus the plight of LGBT workers in Colombia, Turkey and Jamaica

From criminalisation to celebration, it’s quite a journey – and there’s still a long way to go

UNISON is building for the biggest, noisiest, most visible trade union presence ever on the London Pride march this year, Saturday 27 June