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Each year since then, we’ve reflected on how we can combat LGBT+-phobic discrimination and harassment. Of course, some progress has been made over the […]

‘If support staff didn’t do their job, you’d notice it’

Moving the motion for the committee, Adam Williams (pictured above) took the opportunity to stress the great work that has been done by the union on LGBT+ equality, but […]

They can work in people's homes offering frontline support and care, in women’s refuges, in LGBT+ spaces, in leisure centres or in offices like any other sector. But when you look at the […]

Meanwhile, across the union, events continue to celebrate the union’s Year of LGBT+ Workers. The theme for the 2024 LGBT+ History Month is medicine – #UnderTheScope – […]

First, Ms Nolan said she was “determined that 2024, the year of LGBT+ workers, leaves a strong legacy.” Commending Labour’s new deal for workers, which promises […]

Ms McAnea reported on “a very cold 24 hours in Belfast”, as health, social care and education members took industrial action, which “helped to finally force the return of politicians to […]

In 1976 NALGO, one of UNISON’s founding unions, was urging negotiators to seek to add sexual orientation to […]

This year, we reflect on the fragility of the rights of targeted and scapegoated people; how freedom can be eroded with violent rhetoric, demagoguery and conspiracist ideas

The Year of LGBT+ Workers Having celebrated the success of the Year of Black Workers, delegates voiced their […]

I have high hopes for 2024 – 12 months of campaigning for UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ workers and for a national care service, securing pay deals across […]

And Ms Nolan also wanted to celebrate LGBT+ victories over the past 12 months. “Our trans equality campaign, which has been driven by our […]

Speaking at the union’s annual LGBT+ conference in Liverpool, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea will say: “Watching […]

UNISON’s disabled members’ conference debates pay gaps, the national care service, and the health and disability white paper

It’s a fundamental issue of fairness that every worker deserves equal pay for work of equal value. However, despite years of […]