Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.
Magda Lezama is a senior council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast, a single mum and a UNISON activist.
To mark Black History Month, UNISON looks at one part of the struggle to end slavery
Our Motions The National Black Members’ Committee submitted two motions to National Delegate Conference (NDC). Motion 4 – Equality is UNISON Business Motion – 52 – The Cost of Living Crisis and Black Workers If you are attending conference, please think about speaking on these important motions. The full text of each motion can be […]
This meant that the debates to follow would not form a policy of the NBMC but instead inform and guide its work. Guest Speakers Conference was […]
In February 2014, Hydrogen Cyanide was carried from a landfill site by floodwaters and found in the home of 7-year-old Zane Gbangbola, who tragically died. The authorities claimed the land was toxic-free and uncontaminated until the BBC exposed the deliberate misleading of the public. Zane’s Law Campaign Zane’ family launched the Zane’s Law campaign at […]
“Others who abuse their power must be held to account before the law”
UNISON’s national Black members’ committee wishes ’a blessed Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim members’ and highlights guidance on staying safe
Questions asked about make-up of commission set up by Number 10 in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests
“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
Findings of risk assessments must be implemented
Our Black members deserve so much better
The evidence of COVID-19’s devastating impact on Black workers should shock us all
Inequalities emerging through the pandemic are chilling evidence to support UNISON’s demands on workplace rights and decent public services. We need them now
Former UNISON vice president elected to Labour’s NEC on Saturday
March Against Racism: UN anti-racism day protest