UNISON equality survey 2021 – tell us about your experiences during the pandemic

Following the ruling by the supreme court, organisations and individuals were invited to submit a response to the EHRC consultation. This is UNISON’s response. The consultation remains open until 23.59 on 30 June 2025. More details are available https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equality-act-2010/codes-practice/code-practice-services-public-functions-and-associations

UNISONs inquiry report on race discrimination Dec 2024

A comprehensive guide to understanding gender pay gap reporting and how to achieve concrete policy changes on pay, recruitment, training, carers’ policies and other areas that can help to bridge the gap, last updated May 2025.

2024 National Disabled Members Conference record of decision and ballot results

Developed by UNISON Greater London with the Bargaining Support Unit, and in partnership with the National AIDS Trust, this model workplace policy aims to help support workers living with HIV.

Recruitment and selection procedures play a crucial role in ensuring equality and diversity within the workforce. This guidance covers the key areas for branches and reps to consider for negotiations to ensure all potential applicants are treated fairly.

As more is discovered about the monkeypox virus, this guidance highlights the need for reps and branches to negotiate for better sick pay as well as medical exclusion pay, and to be vigilant about discrimination.

A bargaining leaflet for reps and branch officers explaining why it’s vital to close the ethnicity pay gap and outlining what branches can do to help make pay fairer.

A bargaining leaflet for reps and branch officers explaining why it’s vital to challenge racist bullying and harassment in the workplace and how branches can help create a more open and inclusive workplace that treats all with dignity and respect.

A bargaining leaflet for reps and branch officers explaining why it’s vital to challenge racism in redundancy procedures and how branches can help make the process fairer.

A bargaining leaflet for reps and branches focusing on challenging racism in recruitment and selection procedures and making the process fairer for Black workers.

A bargaining leaflet for reps and branch officers outlining why challenging racism is such a crucial part of branch activity, and how it can be tackled.

The race discrimination claims protocol is a simple tool for dealing with cases. Here are ten good reasons why it’s very important that it’s used to support Black members, and for consistency and transparency across the union.

Research shows that Black workers are much more likely to be subject to disciplinary procedures than their white colleagues, as well as facing more harsh penalties. This leaflet looks at how branches and reps can help make sure procedures are used more fairly.

TUC research continues to highlight how Black workers feel marginalised, denied promotions and development opportunities, or particularly face unfair criticism in the workplace. This leaflet looks at how branches and reps can help make sure managers’ use of performance management is fair and non-discriminatory.

This toolkit helps branches and activists understand what the ethnicity pay gap is and what can be done to level up pay between Black and white employees. PDF download only.

A checklist to help UNISON branches check that their workplace policies are LGBT+ inclusive

This A4 guide sets out UNISON’s views about what can be done by government, and by employers in partnership with trade unions, to prevent violence and end violence against women.

An A4 document outlining why domestic violence and abuse in a trade union issue and including a model agreement between branches and employer. Updated August 2022.

LGBT+ A4 poster. Available as PDF download only.

PDF of the interactive equality calendar

Poster to celebrate Bi visibility day 23 September

Results of the UNISON equality survey

40 page Bargaining guide and model policy around Disability leave

A leaflet aimed at encouraging members from the union’s self-organised groups to consider putting themselves forward to become safety reps.

A guide to using the Public Sector Equality Duty to fight cuts, attacks on pay and conditions and discrimination by public service employers. It explains what the duty is and how you can use it, drawing on successful campaigns to date.

A leaflet outlining UNISON’s commitment to achieving equality in our workplaces, in our union and across society.

These handy small leaflets define what being Black means to UNISON.
Min order 20, max order 50.

An A4 guide for branches on how to deal with harassment and bullying at work. It includes a model ‘dignity at work’ policy.

Booklet for branch activists and members explaining UNISON’s policy on self organisation, including guidelines on branch and regional support and resources.