| LGBT e-bulletin - October 2011 |
LGBT members vote yes!
The national LGBT committee urges members to vote YES in the ballot for industrial action to protect public sector pensions. We've fought long and hard for pensions for surviving same sex partners and for pensions equality for trans people. Now we must fight to defend the very pensions themselves.
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UNISON LGBT conference - 18-20 November, Glasgow
The final agenda for this year's conference is due to be published online on 21 October. It will be mailed to all delegates and visitors in the conference guide, along with the national LGBT committee annual report. You can still register to attend as a visitor. Forms are here. Any queries about LGBT conference to out@unison.co.uk.
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Enter the 2011 LGBT organising and recruitment awards
We are proud of the organising and recruitment work of our caucuses, regional and branch LGBT groups. There's never been a more important time for LGBT workers to join a trade union. Our members have been out in the community, getting that message across. We will be celebrating the best with the annual LGBT organising and recruitment awards at this year's LGBT conference. Find out how to enter your group here
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LGBT politics and the Palestinian struggle - 20 October, London
Haneen Maikey, director of alQaws centre for sexual and gender diversity in Palestinian society, talks about ten years of activism with Sarah Colborne, Palestine Solidarity Campaign Director. Registration essential.
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No to hate crime vigil - 28 October
Wherever you are on Friday 28th October, say not to hate crime by holding a vigil or observing the 2 minute silence at 8pm, alone or with friends and family. From 7.30-9pm, people will be gathering in Trafalgar Square in London and other places around the UK and abroad including Brighton, Kettering, Norwich, Reading, Stoke and Suffolk.
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TUC conference on the equality deficit - 16 November, London
Free conference on defending opportunity and fairness against the cuts. Plenary sessions, panel discussions, workshops and a host of speakers from the trade unions, the voluntary sector, campaigners, researchers and writers.
Register here
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Consortium AGM and conference - 25 November, UNISON Centre London
The Consortium of LGBT voluntary and community organisation's AGM & annual conference will take place on 25 November 2011 at the UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY. This year's AGM and annual conference will focus on the membership building a vision for the sector and working together to better provide for the communities they support.
Conference information
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Government consultations on marriage equality
Our campaign for equality in marriage and civil partnership has taken a step forward. The UK government has announced that it will be consulting on same sex marriage for England and Wales from March 2012. Marriage law in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government is already consulting on the issue.
Scotland marriage consultation
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Equality and Human Rights Commission intervention on Ladele and McFarlane
The EHRC has submitted its intervention to the European Court of Human Rights on four cases relating to alleged religious discrimination in the workplace, including those of Ladele and McFarlane. As urged by UNISON and others, it has said that it believes that in the cases of Ladele and McFarlane, the domestic courts came to the correct conclusions. It says 'In the Commission's view, refusing to accommodate the manifestation of a person's discriminatory religious belief in the workplace always pursues the legitimate aim of non-discrimination'.
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UNISON welcomes the removal of convictions
UNISON has welcomed the tabling of amendments in Parliament to remove convictions for consensual now-legal sexual activity from people's records.
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