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UNISON’s disabled members are working hard to combat unfair treatment at work

Ahead of UNISON’s national disabled members conference, one delegate talks about her life as a neurodiverse person – and how being diagnosed has changed it for the better

New charter calls for concrete steps to improve the working lives of disabled people

Graeme Ellis and Tansaim Hussain-Gul are co-chairs of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee. Here, they look at how COVID-19 has disproved myths about home working being unproductive

President and general secretary announce decision, with social distancing and health and safety concerns set to continue for some time

This is the day of the year when disabled workers effectively stop being paid – such is the difference between their pay and that of their non-disabled […]

Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea address disabled members and urges them to tell people to consider public services when they decide how to vote in December’s general election

“In-work poverty is very real for too many of our members,” she said. “We know there is a clear link […]

It was recommended that the national committee should publicise “UNISON’s guide, The Menopause and […]

Emma Lewell-Buck highlights ‘cruelty’ of government policies toward disabled people

Research by the Papworth Trust reveals that NHS claim swayed disabled voters ‘who didn’t know how many of their protections were form the EU’

Guest speaker to disabled members’ conference explains the work of a House of Lords committee looking at the Equality Act

‘The cuts have shattered our enthusiasm’

Dave Prentis drew a line in the sand this afternoon, when he addressed the UNISON national delegate conference in Brighton saying that this autumn, we would make a stand

EPSU general secretary Jan Willem Goudriaan’s message to UNISON’s local government conference was that we could change Europe for the betterment of the majority of its people