After the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women, and as the war in Ukraine sees women and children flee – or stay to fight – we need to regain the progress toward equality
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After the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women, and as the war in Ukraine sees women and children flee – or stay to fight – we need to regain the progress toward equality
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Education secretary withdraws order which would have affected 19 schools
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UNISON is working with the international trade union movement to mobilise support for those affected by the war in Ukraine – and branches and members can help too
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This is UNISON’s year of the disabled worker and the union is launching a new campaign to help members challenge disability discrimination in the NHS
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Union warns that increasing the length of time graduates will have to pay back loans will disproportionately affect lower earners and those from disadvantaged backgrounds
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Pay proposal is a wage cut in all but name
The article Miserly government NHS pay proposal won’t clear the backlog or help patients, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The higher education virtual national conference addressed the issues faced by its Black and trans members
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‘We can and we will stand up for better pay,’ higher eduction delegates are told
The article UNISON urges employers to ‘eradicate poverty pay’ first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
HE national conference hears that members’ COVID sacrifices were ‘in stark contrast’ to the behaviour of government
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The Living with COVID strategy is an appeasement of Conservative backbenchers that will also have a profound impact on the delivery of services
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Ditching all safety requirements is irresponsible
The article Ending free tests is a foolish move, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Decent wage offer needed and pensions preserved
The article Pay and pensions issues prompt higher education strike first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Scrapping all safety requirements in schools could cause further Covid surge
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Christina McAnea says in speech to national women’s conference that battle continues for fair and equal pay
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Delegates hear that, after promising last July to introduce protections against harassment in the workplace, there has been no progress from the UK government
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Christina McAnea addresses women’s conference and stresses the need for the union to be more representative of its million female members
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Christina McAnea will tell Women’s National Conference that new laws needed to tackle bosses who don’t protect staff
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Delegates describe struggling to survive on a low income as being ‘on the hamster wheel of life’ and ‘trying to glue our families together with Pritt Stick and a pair of old shoelaces’
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‘And remembering to breathe’ – delegates detail the added burdens that the health crisis has placed on women workers
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Opening debates see delegates discuss how to increase proportionality within the union, particularly for part-time women workers, who represent a large part of the membership
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