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With Black History Month in full swing, regional secretary Tim Roberts blogs on UNISON’s role in ending racial inequality

Public-sector employers in the East of England must ensure all staff have robust, up to date risk assessments to protect the health and lives of Black workers as coronavirus infections rise, says UNISON today. It follows newly published UNISON research showing more than half of Black* staff (57%) working in the NHS, care homes and […]

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong, says UNISON

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong

October is Black History Month, and we hear from Rosita Ellis, chair of the Regional Black Members Committee

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

Black History Month is important now more than ever before, especially in the recent light of the Black Lives Matter movement

Our Black members deserve so much better

UNISON activists Veronica Price-Job and Peter Daley look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting Black disabled workers

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UNISON has called on the leader of Wokingham Borough Council to clarify whether the authority will continue to support the Black Lives Matter campaign, as a matter of urgency. The call comes after Cllr John Halsall  announced to a council meeting on 16 June that the campaign group had “become a political organisation” and Wokingham Borough Council could […]

The uncomfortable conversation that needs to be had

June is Pride Month: a celebration that commemorates the 1969 Stonewall Riots, when members of New York’s LGBT+ community fought back against homophobic policing. This historically significant event sparked the international LGBT+ rights movement that has achieved so much over the last 50 years. Whilst large gatherings are not possible at present, Pride should still […]

Acting regional secretary Tim Roberts turns to the Black Lives Matter movement in his latest blog

Words and promises won’t cut it any longer