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Stop Deportations to Rwanda

UNISON is deeply concerned about the lack of protection for children, especially child refugees, including the reintroduction of immigration detention of […]

Black members news on the UNISON National site.

Nominations now open for the 2024 Nelson Mandela Award

If you know someone who goes the extra mile to support members, who is passionate about racial equality and who champions fairer workplaces, please nominate them now. Download the Mandela award […]

Black members news on the UNISON National site.

UK COVID-19 Public Inquiry

I therefore invite the Inquiry to include structural racism and discrimination in its examination of Module 2 […]

Black members news on the UNISON National site.

Black members summer 2023 newsletter

The latest edition of the UNISON South East Black members newsletter has been published now.

Article on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON hosting ‘An audience with Chris Smalls – Founder and President of Amazon Labor Union

Date
1 June 2023 11:00am–1:00pm
Location
UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

On Thursday 1st June , UNISON will be joined by Chris Smalls, the founder and President of the Amazon Labor Union in the UNISON Centre.https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-from-chris-smalls-founder-and-president-of-the-amazon-labor-union-tickets-638734300487 Please see link to join event online  –Click here to join the meeting In 2020, Chris lead a staged walk out that garnered national attention at the Amazon’s Staten Island […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

“We’re so excited and we have so much planned!”

2023 is UNISON’s Year of Black workers and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the experience of Black workers from around the region. This video message is from Susan Cooper-Olawale.

Article on the UNISON South East site.

It’s time to smash the barriers and break the walls around Black people

And it’s there both on a systemic level and for some a personal level too. And despite decades of civil rights campaigns and calls for equality […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

It’s time to climb out of the shadows and into the limelight!

2023 is UNISON’s Year of Black workers and to celebrate we’ll be sharing the experience of Black workers from around the region. This is Bill Acharjee’s story.

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Proudly presenting our new Black members training passport

As part of our activities for UNISON 2023 Year of Black Workers, we have created this new bespoke programme of training for Black members.

Article on the UNISON South East site.

Highlights from the Year of Black Workers

YOBW campaign successes and highlights to date: Activities and information that are currently on the UNISON resources and bargaining section of the Black members webpage: Ethnicity Pay Gap PowerPoint Presentation Year of Black Worker LGBT+ PowerPoint Quiz We will be launching a new toolkit at the National Delegate Conference in June, aimed at activists, and […]

Black members news on the UNISON National site.

Windrush 75: Greater London Regional Event

Date
22 June 2023 5:00pm–7:00pm
Location
UNISON Centre

A celebration of the contribution of Black workers to UNISON and London’s public services Register here To celebrate 2023 as the UNISON Year of the Black worker, and the 75th anniversary of Her Majesty’s Transport (HMT) Empire Windrush arriving in Britain on 22 June 1948, UNISON Greater London Region is proud to announce a regional […]

Event on the UNISON Greater London site.

Powerful anti-racism debate opens UNISON health conference

Proposing the motion, Peter Oates of Eastern region (pictured below) said: “Challenging racism is front and centre of all our work as […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

A watershed moment in attitudes towards racism – remembering Stephen Lawrence

I want it to act as a catalyst for permanent and irrevocable change, not just across our public services, but across the whole of […]

Article on the UNISON South East site.

30 years on – Stephen Lawrence Day

Date
22 April 2023

Stephen Lawrence Day was first celebrated in 2019 and takes place annually on 22 April, the date of Stephen’s death. The Day is marked officially in the British calendar as a celebration of Stephen’s life and legacy.

Event on the UNISON South East site.

UNISON secures pay rise for healthcare assistants at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Tuesday 21 March 2023 For immediate release UNISON secures pay rise for healthcare assistants at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Healthcare assistants and care support workers at a leading London NHS Trust will see their annual pay rise by nearly £2,000 following a UNISON campaign, the union says today (Tuesday). South London and Maudsley […]

health news, News, Press release on the UNISON Greater London site.