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So said EPSU – the European public service union grouping – in a message to all its affiliates across the continent, asking them to support the action and send solidarity to […]

‘The women are standing up,’ say Glasgow equal pay claimants on eve of strike

That’s a simple demand that everyone should be able to agree with. Yet for too long, women workers have had to struggle and fight for the wages they […]

More than 8,000 union members – overwhelmingly low paid women –  took strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 10,000 […]

The month kicked off in fighting style, with traffic wardens – or civil enforcement officers to be technically correct – in the north London borough of Camden and care workers in Birmingham […]

Some £16bn of local government pension funds is invested in fossil fuels and, with five million members in those schemes, the campaign can make an impact. Later that month, the higher education service […]

City Chambers rally greets council’s ratification of £548m deal to compensate for years of unequal pay

February is the month of romance, what with Valentine’s Day and Heart UNISON week – and UNISON members were definitely feeling the love during the last 28 days.

The awards are run by Glasgow’s evening paper, the Evening Times, and the women were awarded the editor's award. The […]

With more than one million women members representing 80% of the union, conference hears how UNISON is at the forefront of the campaign to eradicate the gender pay gap

“Whichever way you voted, and however fed up you are with it, it’s impossible not to talk about it.” “Indeed,” continued Ms McAnea, “it would be irresponsible of us not to […]

On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face

The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019

The ‘fantastic UNISON women’ fighting for fair pay in Glasgow offer an inspiring example for International Women’s Day

Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told