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Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.

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

Our Motions The National Black Members’ Committee submitted two motions to National Delegate Conference (NDC). Motion 4 – Equality is UNISON Business Motion – 52 – The Cost of Living Crisis and Black Workers If you are attending conference, please think about speaking on these important motions. The full text of each motion can be […]

This meant that the debates to follow would not form a policy of the NBMC but instead inform and guide its work. Guest Speakers Conference was […]

The debate focused on the inequality of Zane’s inquest and an amendment to the Environment bill. Watch the Green Party’s speech […]

UNISON national secretary for equalities Gloria Mills commented: "This verdict is about holding Derek Chauvin to account for his […]

UNISON’s national Black members’ committee wishes ’a blessed Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim members’ and highlights guidance on staying safe

Margaret Greer, UNISON national officer for race equality, said: “Urgent action is required to tackle the deep-seated and systemic […]

“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”

Findings of risk assessments must be implemented

This year’s Black History Month is bittersweet. There is a new visibility to Black lives, but for the worst of reasons. So many Black lives have been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while […]

The evidence of COVID-19’s devastating impact on Black workers should shock us all

Inequalities emerging through the pandemic are chilling evidence to support UNISON’s demands on workplace rights and decent public services.  We need them now

Former UNISON vice president elected to Labour’s NEC on Saturday

With fascism on the rise, a workshop at the Black members’ conference explored how it can be defeated