Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?
Unpaid, risking trouble at work and not always thanked – why do UNISON’s 40,000 activists do it?
Unison has condemned the latest workforce statistics published by Universities UK that show that women make up 54% of the total higher education workforce, but despite this 63% of those paid below £17678 are women. This equates to over 20,000 female support staff working at UK universities. The same report highlights that whilst men make […]
Talking today to Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of the formidable suffragette leader Emmeline, and herself a lifelong campaigner for women’s rights, it’s […]
This means that UNISON members will be properly recompensed for historic discriminatory pay practices within Fife council and receive back pay going back in some […]
Today is the point at which the average woman working full-time starts working for free
Young women need better careers advice - so they understand their earnings potential before they opt to follow certain career paths leading to an almost certain low-paid dead end. Of […]
During Heart UNISON week it’s worth remembering that while taking strike action is never easy, the results can make a huge difference to people’s lives
Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference
‘Trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society’, Labour leader tells conference
Women with children face a wider gender pay gap, says a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies
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, […]
Unfortunately - as UNISON members know - that’s not the case. Today, Reading council - the only […]
‘Higher education workers deserve fair pay’ conference declares as it sets out plans to build joint pay claim with fellow unions
And as the UK marks the centenary of the first limited suffrage for women, the link to today's struggle will be highlighted when the march is led by 30 women dressed […]
Assemble at Glasgow Green from 11.30 for a march to George Square, where the rally will hear from a number of speakers. UNISON has been […]