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

The company has faced persistent allegations of the use of forced labour involving its migrant workforce. The International Labour Organisation has 11 indicators […]

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

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

Kurdish woman died in hospital after three days in police custody

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 […]

The 1861 Offences Against the Person Act – a Victorian law passed 67 years before women won the right to vote – classifies abortion as a crime that carries a punishment of up to […]

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

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 […]

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

In the run-up to elections in Colombia at the end of May, UNISON is highlighting four women social leaders who have been subject to violence due to their activism

We welcome the IFJ’s complaint to the International Criminal Court alleging that Israel’s systematic targeting of journalists working in Palestine […]

Those on trial include current and former leaders of SES, the public health and social services union. All eight accused were arrested in […]

UNISON members on the Medway were determined to show solidarity with Ukrainians when they discovered that a consignment of Russian gas was heading their way

The union is also encouraging members and branches to donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal