UNISON East Midlands women’s member group (known as a self-organised group) campaigns for equality in the workplace and for improvements to women’s rights in the workplace and in the wider community. It also supports campaigns aimed at improving women’s lives – for example, to change the law to protect women experiencing domestic violence, or to […]
News from UNISON East Midlands Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender + (LGBT+) Self Organised Group (SOG) Hi My name is Louisa Wass Griffiths, and I have recently taken over supporting the Regional LGBT+ SOG. Have you heard of us? Anybody who identifies as LGBT+, may come to the meeting. We have fun. We discuss issues which […]
The Greater London region is proud to be the most diverse region in UNISON. The Regional Diversity Forum (RDF) is a sub-group of our Regional Committee and is made up of representatives from Regional Committee, all regional self-organised groups, service groups and Labour Link Committee. We have the responsibility of co-ordinating the region’s equality work; […]
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Everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and respect. The ability to live and work without prejudice is a fundamental right, regardless of your background, colour or sexual orientation. One of UNISON’s main aims is to help workers fight for fairness and equality in the workplace and beyond. Challenging discrimination and winning equality is […]
UNISON’s women’s conference addresses the lack of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths
UNISON president and hospital catering assistant Margaret McKee gives rousing speech to women’s conference
There were lots of successful campaigns overruling attempts to block lesbian and gay information and education. Forty years ago Harvey Milk, the first out gay councillor in the USA, was […]
LGBT History Month is a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. Currently, LGBT History Month is a month-long celebration that is specific to the United States and the United Kingdom. LGBT History Month was initiated in the UK by Sue Sanders, […]
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World AIDS Day is an opportunity to show solidarity with the millions of people living with HIV worldwide.
It’s also a chance for unions to demonstrate to young people that we are campaigning on the issues they care most about […]
