Celebrate the first day of this year’s Black History Month and watch our short video below.
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Celebrate the first day of this year’s Black History Month and watch our short video below.
The post Celebrate! appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…
Every October, Unite’s headquarters holds its annual Black History Month event, featuring a range of speakers and the ever-popular buffet of African, Asian and Caribbean foods which sees Unite’s…Read more…
Before she joined the SOE as a secret agent and was sent to occupied France, she worked with the mother of one of my branch UNISON stewards in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as a Battle of Britain wireless operator
Never forget.
This brave woma…Read more…
Unite is set to celebrate Black History Month in October with a series of events organised by the union’s regions. Each year, October marks Black History Month, when the UK celebrates and…Read more…
“Join us this October for a month of poetry, talks, film screenings, exhibitions, oral history, singing and author events to explore Black History Month”.
Black History Month is being revived in the borough for the first time in more than ten years.
With a new mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and a new administration, the decision has been made to reinstate the event as part of the council’s wide reaching events p…Read more…
Former UNISON president Eleanor Smith reflects on an historic general election victory and her first months as an MP
The article Ms Smith Goes to Westminster first appeared on the UNISON National…Read more…
This is great but I am still trying to find out why in Newham we did not have a Black History month? Anyone know?Read more…
Activists should challenge employers on their commitment to Black workers
The article Black History Month must be “a time for action, not just reflection,” says UNISON first appeared on the…Read more…
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland seconded a transport policy motion focusing on bus services. Speaking for Unite’s quarter of a million transport members she said it was vital…Read more…
Single mum Magda Lezama is a senior Leeds council engineer, a rambler, a wine enthusiast and a UNISON activist.
The article Engineering a better society first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
Black Members – please see important information below to action or note, thanks.
Notting Hill Carnival, London, 27-28 AugustNotting Hill Carnival is Europe’s largest street festival representing London’s multicultural past and present. UNISON has a regular presence every year at the carnival…Read more…
This celebration event is being organised by one of my branch UNISON Housing Association Executive Committee members who is also a Labour activist in Kent and a volunteer for a Christian charity. Read more…
UNISON has launched the inaugural Nelson Mandela award, which will go to a Black member who has gone ‘above and beyond’ to represent Black members.
The article UNISON launches Nelson Mandela Award…Read more…
In our final installment to celebrate Black History Month this week on UNITElive, we meet Unite members Nikita Uddin and Joe Welch The slave trade is inextricably linked to Britain’s history. While…Read more…
To celebrate Black History Month this week on UNITElive, every day we meet a Unite member who tells us of their own experiences. Today we meet Majid Rahman Majid Rahman’s great grandfather,…Read more…
To celebrate Black History Month this week on UNITElive, every day we meet a Unite member who tells us of their own experiences. Today we meet Polline Palo Imagine you meet a new person for…Read more…
To celebrate Black History Month this week on UNITElive, every day we meet a Unite member who tells us of their own experiences. Today we meet Tracey Liburd Tracey Liburd will never forget…Read more…
As a black child in a predominately white village in the 1950s, former Unite national secretary for equalities, Bob Purkiss, occasionally encountered instances of racism. Those situations could…Read more…
UNISON encourages members to mark Black History Month every year and to organise and recruit around it.
The article Black History Month – a time to organise first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…