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Kojo Koram punctures the collective amnesia about the British Empire, proving its stark relevance to the daily machinations of the British state in 2022

Date

7 – 9 October 2022

Location

UNISON Croyde Bay Holiday Resort, Croyde, Braunton, North Devon, EX33 1QB

Cancelled due to the rail strikes UNISON’s international seminar is the key event of the year for Branch International Relations Officers (BIROs). You will gain a better understanding of UNISON’s international policies and priorities and how to implement them in your branch. You will also learn more about the role of the BIRO. This year’s […]

In a court in Ankara, I saw first-hand how the Turkish state is determined to deny justice to trade unionists accused of ‘terrorism’ for doing their union duties

Abortion is still illegal in the UK, with a recent report revealing that a woman was arrested straight after a stillbirth in Cornwall and remains under investigation

Date

11 October 2022 1:00pm–2:15pm

Meeting Climate Change targets whilst ensuring workers in renewable energy global supply chains access Decent Work – Just Transition – is already very challenging. But even more so when it comes to solar energy panels which are nearly all tainted with the Forced Labour of the persecuted Uyghur people who live in the Xingjian Province […]

Kurdish woman died in hospital after three days in police custody

Gonul Erden faces charges of ‘terrorism’ for her trade union work, when she was co-president of the public health and services union SES

UNISON demands that a migrant workers’ centre is created in Qatar, as the key legacy of the global sporting event

Companies must be held to account when they fail to prevent abuses and harms

Guest speaker Daniella Vega Sotelo, a member of the peasant farmer’s union FENSUAGRO, spoke of being a trade unionist in Colombia

Turkey may now be Türkiye, but the state’s attacks on trade unions continue. Janey Starling talked to the president of the Confederation of Public Employees Trade Unions

On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, with no sign of peace, the trade union movement prepares to launch a new appeal for trade unionists displaced by the war

Union members and branches are invited to donate in solidarity with the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine.

UNISON is ‘deeply concerned’ about the impact of the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill as it gets its second reading in parliament today

UNISON hosts event to mark second anniversary of the forced disbandment of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions