It is also important to understand the cumulative impact on Black, disabled, and LGBT+ women and for those that have a number of protected characteristics. It is vitally important that […]
Conference celebrates that 2024 is UNISON’s year of the LGBT+ workers. This is an opportunity to not only showcase the amazing work the LGBT+ self-organised group has done over our history, but it will also be a chance to highlight the continued discrimination faced by LGBT+ members in Health and what we can do to […]
Conference notes the recent work done by UNISON in relation to hidden costs of working that can impact on health care workers and employees. Far too many workers are being charged for the very essentials they need to go to work. Examples include uniforms and DBS checks. Conference recognises that the biggest costs are often […]
Conference believes that Self-Organisation and our Community members who identify as LGBT+ can play an important role in meeting these strategic objectives especially within the Community […]
Conference notes that 2024 is UNISON’s Year of LGBT+ Workers and welcomes the opportunity that this provides to promote UNISON as the union for LGBT+ workers in the community and voluntary sector, raise awareness of LGBT+ rights, challenge discrimination, negotiate LGBT+ inclusive policies and recruit and activate LGBT+ members in community. The year highlights the […]
As a result of this, the WFD Board withdrew their recommendation for the bid, however the WFD General Assembly of 130 member countries voted in favour of the UAE […]
• Not enough Disabled Members on national committees to allow a strong enough voice for Disabled Members to get elected into leadership positions. • Not enough flexibility in elected […]
In response to this, the national LGBT+ committee has worked with UNISON College to create the successful trans ally training across our […]
This effectively means they can no longer de-platform speakers where debates are centred around gender and the rolling back of rights of trans people in […]
The year highlights the important contribution our LGBT+ members make to the union, to improving employment conditions for LGBT+ workers and to campaigning […]
Conference Further Notes: 1)The Tory Government’s Higher Education reforms have disproportionally impacted on Students’ Unions, in relation to freedom of speech […]
Yet millions of women and LGBT+ persons around the world continue to experience discrimination in the enjoyment of civil […]
Conference condemns the comments of the Home Secretary and her attack on LGBT+, women asylum seekers and multiculturalism in her speech 26th September 2023. As the government department responsible for policing, we believe that this rhetoric undermines the confidence in policing and risks damaging the hard work and effort of generations of Police Staff, who […]
Conference notes the TUC Anti-Racism Taskforce’s 2022 report into racism at work, which found that 41% of all Black workers surveyed had experienced racist behaviour at work. Many Black workers had experienced bullying, harassment and worse – and concerningly, the vast majority did not report this to their employer. In 2021, Business in the Community’s […]
2024 will give us all the opportunity to raise the profile of LGBT+ workers, the issues faced and the importance of providing support and solidarity to LGBT+ workers […]
