There was something in the air that day
It had been coming for weeks
As Jack went out that morning
Like every morning
Looking for work, looking for hope
The atmosphere felt heavy
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Black History Month awards gala
Unite hosted its first ever Black History Month awards gala on Tuesday (October 24) in Birmingham. The event drew more than a hundred of Unite’s BAEM reps and activists and paid tribute to their vital contributions to the trade union movement. Addressing guests in her speech, Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said, “What’s taken us […]
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‘We must all stand up and be counted’
Today (August 23), Unite marks what has been designated by UNESCO as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Unite Equalities urges everyone to commemorate the day and fight the racist legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in their statement below: In 1555, John Lok became the first recorded […]
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UNISON presents Dr Neville Lawrence with honorary membership
‘I am standing here 30 years later because of you, and all the other different unions who have been with us over the past 30 years’
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Blog: Honouring Stephen, Doreen and Neville Lawrence
By challenging the racism that led to Stephen’s death, Doreen and Neville Lawrence challenged an entire society to change and transform itself
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Blog: Remembering the ‘banality of evil’ is of vital importance
Two UNISON young members reflect on the significance of Holocaust Memorial Day
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Marking Holocaust Memorial Day
This year’s theme charges us to collectively challenge antisemitism, intolerance and the politics of division and hate
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Never again
Read and hear Davy Kettle’s moving tribute to Holocaust victims
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Blog: Help us stand with HOPE not hate against the far right
After attacks on HOPE not hate’s new website, UNISON is encouraging branches to help raise the funds to protect the organisation from such acts
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UNISON responds to George Floyd’s murder case
“Others who abuse their power must be held to account before the law”
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Blog: Challenging racism matters to every branch
This Saturday, 27 February, the TUC and trade unions will be holding an online conference, From COVID-19 to #BlackLivesMatter – Fighting for an Anti-Racist Workplace. The conference will hear from…Read more…
Wear Red Day set to be ‘biggest one yet’
Anti-racist education charity, Show Racism the Red Card, expects this year’s Wear Red Day on Friday (October 16) to be its biggest one yet. Every year, Show Racism the Red Card puts on Wear Red Day,…Read more…
‘From strength to strength’
Unite’s Unity over Division (UoD) campaign has received yet another boost after Caerphilly County Borough Council in Wales became the second employer to sign the campaign’s workplace charter – and…Read more…
Keeping up the momentum
When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown first hit the UK, like so many organisations, there was a moment of panic for anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). “We didn’t know…Read more…
Don’t miss out on Battle of Stockton event
Unite’s Unity over Division campaign have supported this year’s event by recording a zoom conversation with some of our young members from North East, Yorkshire and Humberside region. The recording…Read more…
The power of unity
On September 10, 1933, Mosley’s notorious Blackshirts marched into Stockton-on-Tees with the specific aim of holding a rally to recruit and garner support. Mosley targeted areas where poverty was…Read more…
Organising to defeat the far right
With fascism on the rise, a workshop at the Black members’ conference explored how it can be defeated
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Holocaust Memorial Day: standing together
UNISON event honours the victims of genocides, as speakers stress the need to remember – and to fight to stop future genocides
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‘It’s our responsibility to kick racism out of our society’
Show Racism the Red Card launches this year’s schools competition at UNISON Centre
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Our members’ experience of racism in the NHS
UNISON asked members in the health service for their experience of ‘unacceptable behaviour’, including their experience of racism in the workplace.
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