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

The union will work with the TUC to address the discredited report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, which downplays structural and institutional racism

Questions asked about make-up of commission set up by Number 10 in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests

The UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reminds us all of what is at stake in the fight against racism

In 2015, the National Black Members’ Conference established the Nelson Mandela Award, to be presented each year to a member who has ‘gone above and beyond’ for Black people – within the union and in the wider society. Amongst our Black membership we recognise that there is an abundance of talent and that many people […]

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

The Lawrence Review endorses UNISON’s view that decades of discrimination have left Black communities over-exposed and under-protected from COVID-19

As part of Black History Month, we review a new book that explores systems of exploitation, suppression and persecution

Urgent action needed to protect Black communities from second wave

Findings of risk assessments must be implemented

‘People voiced exactly how they felt. They pulled no punches’

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong

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

Our Black members deserve so much better

UNISON activists Veronica Price-Job and Peter Daley look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting Black disabled workers