Search Results for “Local government” tagged Black history month

Helga Pile and May Parsons were placed in the top 10 most influential Black people in English health by the Health Service Journal

We’re committed to our legal action against the government’s decision to renege on actions that would give justice to victims of the Windrush scandal and […]

This year’s Black History Month, in October, is themed ‘Saluting our Sisters’. UNISON is using the month to celebrate exceptional women working in health

Most recently, we’ve been campaigning against the government’s Rwanda policy, adopted the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' definition of […]

There is prominent national news coverage as well as coverage in specialist and local press. The history of Notting Hill Carnival which is linked to the struggle for race equality […]

‘An injustice to one is and injustice to All’’. Local Unity This is vital in your own workplaces, and branches. Black workers can build a collective […]

My career in the UK started by working for the local health authority, then Lambeth, Lewisham and Southward health authorities, and the Institute of […]

Shantha David is the first Black or Asian woman to head the legal services team of a trade union – not just the first at UNISON, but the first anywhere in the UK

Written by Davis Mac-Iyalla, Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa (IDNOWA) Fellow Comrades and Allies, I want to share my journey with you. It involves my mission for LGBT+ inclusion in eleven West African countries.  While I would have enjoyed sharing some of the pleasant parts of my story, now is not the time. We […]

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Our Nelson Mandela Award winner on heroes, history, activism and bringing more Black people to the boardroom

As part of Black History Month, we review a new book that explores systems of exploitation, suppression and persecution

Speaking in mid-October, Kebba said: “I am honoured and proud to confirm that the Welsh government has accepted our representation that Black history should and will be taught as part of the […]

‘People voiced exactly how they felt. They pulled no punches’

The stakes are too high for employers to get this wrong