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UNISON ‘proud’ to sponsor inaugural health BAME award as it launches Race for Equality campaign

My sergeant at the time was a very young man who I had to try and talk to. “At first, I made up a reason for going sick, but soon […]

As part of Black History month, UNISON’s health team is proud to launch its Race for Equality Campaign. Let’s stamp out racism in the NHS

Coinciding with Black History Month, UNISON has launched a major new campaign aimed at helping health branches deal with the racism that their Black members face every day

Date

18 October 2019 12:30pm–7:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

UNISON’s Annual Black History Event attracts up to 150 attendees and brings together Black union members, activists and the local community. The event is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the shared history and the achievements of Black people. UNISON’s Annual Black History Event attracts up to 150 attendees and brings together Black union members, activists […]

But the only way was up and the UNISON member has been rewarded with a British Empire Medal for services to youth work. It was 1980 […]

Date

12 September 2019 12:30pm–3:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London, NW1 2AY

Annual meeting for all UNISON Black LGBT+ members, held at UNISON Centre.

Major demonstrations are being organised in Cardiff, Glasgow and London

“All the home care workers want to do is their job, which they love doing”, but not without proper wage and conditions […]

Date

8 August 2019 12:00pm–2:30pm

Location

UNISON, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY

National meeting for all UNISON Black Disabled members   National Disabled Members Black Caucus Network Days Free event with lunch provided.  Travel costs met nationally. Meet other Black disabled members, including your reps on the National Disabled Members Committee. These meetings have been arranged to allow space for members from under-represented groups within disabled members […]

Simone Coy from Lambeth talked of dealing with young Black men in trouble and some who been affected by gang violence. One was “just riding his […]

Carol Sewell urges Black members to be the ‘best they can be’ in UNISON

Noting that everyone benefits from a healthy workforce, he said that presenteeism (where workers do not take sick leave because of fear of losing their jobs as a result) was a rising problem for […]

Gordon McKay uses speech to damn a government working to ‘undermine and punish working people’

Mo Mohammed says it’s one thing for public services to recruit a diverse workforce but another to retain it