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Cuts to local councils have meant fewer domestic violence workers, fewer refuges and fewer options for women to […]

“We would strengthen trade union and employment rights. We would be a government that says that trade unions are a force for good and a force for equality in our society.” Mr […]

Today, Reading council - the only local authority in England and Wales to have never settled an equal pay claim – will face 60 women in […]

There has been much discussion around the issue of equal pay, following some high-profile council funding problems, and recent activity from other trade unions in local government branches in England. UNISON’s position, as the leading trade union on equal pay, is supported by our history of successful claims, with members receiving millions in compensation. We […]

General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”

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

“In some sectors such as local government, the gap is actually getting bigger. Action must be taken to make employers end this […]

And recent government measures – including the introduction of fees for workers to take their employers to tribunal – […]

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

UNISON Scotland’s local government vice-chair Carol Ball welcomed the ballot results as “a fantastic show of strength by an […]

Over the past five years, the government has carried out a series of consultations: The Modern Workplace in 2011; Equal Pay Audits in […]

“But rather than cough up the cash owed when it had the chance, the local authority has instead chosen to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on expensive lawyers trying […]

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

Assistant general secretary sets out the scale of the challenge, but tells women’s conference that UNISON is in shape to meet it

“She achieved small things that were very significant in the local community,” she recalls proudly. As a director her work, including her first film Brick Lane […]