The ‘fantastic UNISON women’ fighting for fair pay in Glasgow offer an inspiring example for International Women’s Day
The ‘fantastic UNISON women’ fighting for fair pay in Glasgow offer an inspiring example for International Women’s Day
Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told
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
Cuts to local councils have meant fewer domestic violence workers, fewer refuges and fewer options for women to protect themselves and their families. This […]
General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”
People doing the same job or work of equal value should get the same or equal pay. However, in many cases they don’t.
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