Search News and Blogs, Pages tagged LGBT members

UNISON welcomes transgender equality report

The union calls for the resources to be made available to implement the recommendations of House of Commons Women and Equalities Inquiry into transgender equality

Press release on the UNISON National site.

Remembering Rizwan Sheikh

Funeral oration for Rizwan Sheikh, UNISON Black LGBT activist, who died on 12 November

Article on the UNISON National site.

Standing with our LGBT members

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

Article, General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

Join us at London Pride on 27 June

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

What are you doing for LGBT equality on 17 May?

Sunday 17 May is IDAHOT: the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia – UNISON will mark the day in a number of creative ways

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

LGBT on the RMS

UNISON’s LGBT conference has agreed it’s time to include LGBT monitoring on UNISON’s membership database, the RMS. We are seeking views on the detail and practicalities of taking this forward.

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Training for branch LGBT officers

National training for branch LGBT officers and contacts or members interested in taking up the role – Friday 6 March in Birmingham

Article on the UNISON National site.

National minimum wage goes up

The national minimum wage rates have gone up from 1 October 2014

Article on the UNISON National site.

Pride in the union movement – in cinemas now

This brilliant new British film tells the moving story of how a group of lesbian and gay activists made history.

Article on the UNISON National site.

Blackpool flies the flag for LGBT conference

The rainbow flag will fly proudly from Blackpool Tower when UNISON’s LGBT conference meets in the resort town in November

Article on the UNISON National site.

Speak out on 18 October

Dave Prentis issues rallying call to make October demo the the biggest this country has ever seen

Article on the UNISON National site.

999 call for the NHS

As NHS supporters march from Jarrow to London from 16 August, UNISON is urging members to back them

Article on the UNISON National site.

Care UK members set for new strike

UNISON members at Care UK in Doncaster will begin new strike action tomorrow for two weeks, after the company refused to even discuss a wage rise this year

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to launch public services manifesto

With less than a year to go to the general election, UNISON is launching its manifesto for public services

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Taking the fair pay fight onto the streets

UNISON has hailed the local government strike as an overwhelming success, with more than one million public service workers on picket lines and at rallies in protest over their pay offer

Article on the UNISON National site.