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The ‘fantastic UNISON women’ fighting for fair pay in Glasgow offer an inspiring example for International Women’s Day

“And that’s all before we’ve reached the menopause. I know women who’ve taken early retirement due to the menopause. Again this affects their […]

After a ten-year campaign, UNISON has secured a momentous equal pay victory for low-paid women in Brighton and Hove

City Chambers rally greets council’s ratification of £548m deal to compensate for years of unequal pay

More than 8,000 union members – overwhelmingly low paid women –  took strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10,000 […]

Reading council – the only local authority in England and Wales never to settle an equal pay claim – will today (Monday) be challenged in court by more than 60 women owed over £1.5m because they were paid less than their male colleagues for years, says their union UNISON. The women – mostly care workers, […]

Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?

Work for a clear menopause policy in all workplaces is another ongoing campaign, “because this is no longer something we […]

They take the editor’s award in the city’s Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year awards

February is the month of romance, what with Valentine’s Day and Heart UNISON week – and UNISON members were definitely feeling the love during the last 28 days.

‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike

Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference

General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”

With more than one million women members representing 80% of the union, conference hears how UNISON is at the forefront of the campaign to eradicate the gender pay gap

Today and tomorrow, thousands of women will be on strike to continue their long running campaign to win the equal pay they have been denied for too long. For twelve years they’ve fought for equal pay, and yet throughout Glasgow City Council have dragged their heels and failed to pay these incredible public service workers the wage they deserve.