Search Results for “Pay and conditions” tagged racism

Police and justice committee adds voice to George Floyd protests

In a statement, the committee said: “We call for those responsible to be brought to justice and express our profound sympathy to the family and friends of George Floyd. “We stand with those […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UNISON – standing together to fight racism and xenophobia

“When we stand together, we are at our best … we march forward from here.” That was how general secretary Dave […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Violence and abuse top the agenda at Black members’ conference

Another speaker observed that children are affected by domestic violence and abuse too – from the stress of seeing what is happening in their own home, to the social […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Police and justice Black worker numbers ‘going in the wrong direction’

And Debbie Potter from the service group executive described Black worker representation as “moving […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

It’s all kicking off – footballers on racism, sport, and public services 

UNISON is one of the backers of Show Racism the Red Card, and we took the chance to catch up with some of football’s greats to talk sport, public services and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day

We also remember and commemorate the victims of more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Each […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

UN anti-racism day

Date
16 March 2019 12:30pm–4:30pm
Location
Central London

The event is supported by the TUC and UNISON. Demonstrations will be taking place in London, Cardiff and Glasgow. Transport to the London […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

UN anti-racism day

Date
21 March 2020 12:00pm–4:00pm
Location
London and Glasglow

The London and Glasgow demonstrations to mark UN Anti Racism Day are part of a co-ordinated wave of international […]

Event on the UNISON National site.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

When Nelson Mandela and other liberation leaders were imprisoned or forced into exile, Desmond Tutu found himself at […]

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

Blog: The government can still address racism properly

The recent report commissioned by the Westminster government from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, also known as the Sewell report, can’t hide or deny the scale of the racism […]

Blogs, News on the UNISON National site.

Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in higher education

The recommendations are the product of an advisory group organised by UUK in October 2019 and come just over a year after the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) uncovered widespread […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

UNISON to help lead union response to the racism report

The commission, which was chaired by Tony Sewell and set up by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in response to the Black Lives Matter protests, claims that […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Remembering the Holocaust

On Holocaust Memorial Day, light a candle as a sign of remembrance and hope

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Universities must do more to tackle shocking levels of racism, says UNISON

“It is disgraceful and more must be done to stamp out racism from all institutions. Universities must improve the way they […]

News, Press release on the UNISON National site.

‘Hate is not anything someone is born with’

The Prevent agenda was described as making Islamophobia is part of the government agenda by demanding that public service workers “spy” on service users. Islam, it was stressed, is not a race […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.