♡ UNISON: it’s there to back you up

UNISON is a group of people having the same interests and the same cause

Black members pledge to keep up the fight for equality and justice

Black members met in Llandudno in late January to debate a range a motions and reaffirm their commitment to building the union and fighting injustice

♡ UNISON: being part of UNISON is like being part of a family

You have three loves: your family, your partner, and then the movement that you would do anything for

Together we can defeat the scourge of racism says UNISON

Speaking at the UNISON Black members conference in North Wales, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “The first responsibility of any union wanting to challenge racism must be to take it on in the workplace. Then we have to challenge it in our economy. “In these tough times it’s more important than ever not to […]

We’ll continue to fight racism and attacks on our union – because they’re part of the same struggle

Tackling racism is essential because it destroys trade union solidarity, divides us and sets us against each other.

London members mark Black History Month

Tackling racism ‘is one of our most urgent tasks – we cannot let it slide off our agenda,’ general secretary tells London celebration

Black History Month – a time to organise

UNISON encourages members to mark Black History Month every year and to organise and recruit around it.

It is our ‘humanitarian and moral duty’ to act over refugee crisis

UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis speaks at TUC race relations fringe

Filipino nurses call for apology

More than 250 Filipino health workers take part in weekend protest at Daily Mail office

Voting is key, Black members’ conference hears

Black members stressed the importance of registering to vote at the annual conference in Brighton earlier this month

Stand up to racism

Join the demonstration on 21 March – the United Nations Anti-Racism Day

Make a difference on 7 May, says UNISON general secretary

“Since 2010 Black public service workers have had to put up with a lot from this government.”

Black voters key at the general election

Research shows that the Black vote could be crucial in deciding the outcome of the general election in May

National minimum wage goes up

The national minimum wage rates have gone up from 1 October 2014

Speak out on 18 October

Dave Prentis issues rallying call to make October demo the the biggest this country has ever seen