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

There has been much discussion around the issue of equal pay, following some high-profile council funding problems, and recent activity from other trade unions in local government branches in England. UNISON’s position, as the leading trade union on equal pay, is supported by our history of successful claims, with members receiving millions in compensation. We […]

To achieve wage equality across the whole of our society, and to permanently close pay gaps, we need systemic change

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

Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told

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

The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019

On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face

Assistant general secretary sets out the scale of the challenge, but tells women’s conference that UNISON is in shape to meet it

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

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.

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

As 2018 draws to a close we look back on a memorable year with the UK’s biggest union

UNISON members win in the courts and through industrial action