Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?
Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?
Unison has condemned the latest workforce statistics published by Universities UK that show that women make up 54% of the total higher education workforce, but despite this 63% of those paid below £17678 are women. This equates to over 20,000 female support staff working at UK universities. The same report highlights that whilst men make […]
A team of women filmmakers have brought the story of the suffragette movement to the big screen, with a very special woman among the extras
More than 1,400 women will benefit after settlement worth millions reached on claims
Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free
Each time, UNISON responds - and frankly the job becomes easier, because we repeat the same things. We say, time and time […]
During Heart UNISON week it’s worth remembering that while taking strike action is never easy, the results can make a huge difference to people’s lives
Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference
‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference
Women with children face a wider gender pay gap, says a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
The women – mostly care workers, cooks and administrators – are angry that seven years on from the council’s acceptance it had […]
Today, Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in court, challenging them to cough up the £1.5 million they missed out on by being paid less than their male colleagues for years
‘Higher education workers deserve fair pay’ conference declares as it sets out plans to build joint pay claim with fellow unions
And as the UK marks the centenary of the first limited suffrage for women, the link to today's struggle will be highlighted when the march is led by 30 women dressed as suffragettes […]
Around 8,000 school staff, nursery workers, care workers, caterers and cleaners – the majority of them UNISON members – will walk out on 23 and 24 October in the largest equal pay strike since the Equal Pay Act was passed