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Christina McAnea lauds women who helped win NI peace

“Lilian, our Scottish secretary, started work as an NHS catering assistant. Lynne, the regional secretary in the north west, was a nursery nurse and part […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: In the campaign for equal pay, UNISON stands firmly on the frontline

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

General Secretary's blog on the UNISON National site.

UNISON secures equal pay for 800 workers in Brighton and Hove

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Women’s equality at risk of being put back 25 years by the pandemic

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: ‘We can move mountains when we work together’

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

General Secretary, General Secretary's blog, News on the UNISON National site.

Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Blog: a long way to go on equal pay

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

McAnea issues defiant message to Johnson’s Tories

Work for a clear menopause policy in all workplaces is another ongoing campaign, “because this is no longer something we […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Bridging the gender pay gap

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

Glasgow women win again

They take the editor’s award in the city’s Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year awards

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

We felt the love in February

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.

Article on the UNISON National site.

‘We won’ – Glasgow women celebrate equal pay

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

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

That was the year that was – 12 months in UNISON

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

Article on the UNISON National site.

A great October

The month kicked off in fighting style, with traffic wardens – or civil enforcement officers to be technically correct – in the north London […]

News on the UNISON National site.

Glasgow equal pay talks resume after successful strike

There, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea told them: "Today, our whole union stands with Glasgow. "Together, we have taken the fight to the courts and to the streets. Councillors […]

Article on the UNISON National site.