- Conference
- 2025 National Women's Conference
- Date
- 17 October 2024
- Decision
- Carried
This conference knows how much benefit has been brought with Self Organised Groups having their own Year of. We have had the Year of Young Worker, Disabled Worker, Black Worker and LGBT+ Worker. Is it not timely that for 2027 to be the Year of the Women Workers in Unison?
The issues and challenges that our women workers face is muti faceted. The fight for equal job opportunities, equal pay, safe homes, communities and workplaces free from threats of violence and misogyny, maternity and childcare issues, menopause, caring responsibilities, the list goes on and on. These issues are all on top of the cost of living crisis, housing and transport to name a few.
Unison with over a million women members is best placed to capture and raise the awareness of all women’s issues. This would give focus to this work which would be of benefit to our women workers.
Conference calls upon the Women’s Committee to:
1)Bring forward a Motion to Women’s Conference 2026 to make 2027 the Year of Women Workers.
2. If passed and selected to go forward to National Delegate Conference 2026, for the Women’s Committee to work with Branches, Regions and Self Organised Groups to support the Motion for 2027 Year of Women Workers.