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Unite Live – Sisters in solidarity (570 words) Unite activists gather at TUC Women’s Conference Unite delegates joined 300 women trade union activists from across the country at the 2025 TUC Women’s Conference this week (5 – 7 March) at Congress House in London. The annual event featured a packed agenda with over 35 motions […]
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General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”
The article Christina McAnea lauds women who helped win NI peace first appeared on the UNISON National site.
General secretary addresses UNISON’s women’s conference and says: “We must speak up for women’s issues”
The article Christina McAnea lauds women who helped win NI peace first appeared on the UNISON National site.
To achieve wage equality across the whole of our society, and to permanently close pay gaps, we need systemic change
The article Blog: In the campaign for equal pay, UNISON stands firmly on the frontline first appeared on the UNISON National site.
To achieve wage equality across the whole of our society, and to permanently close pay gaps, we need systemic change
The article Blog: In the campaign for equal pay, UNISON stands firmly on the frontline first appeared on the UNISON National site.
After a ten-year campaign, UNISON has secured a momentous equal pay victory for low-paid women in Brighton and Hove
The article UNISON secures equal pay for 800 workers in Brighton and Hove first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told
The article Women’s equality at risk of being put back 25 years by the pandemic first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Under Unite general secretary Sharon Graham, who was elected last year as the union’s first-ever female leader, Unite is now renewing its commitment to women like never before. While the union…Read more…
The ‘fantastic UNISON women’ fighting for fair pay in Glasgow offer an inspiring example for International Women’s Day
The article Blog: ‘We can move mountains when we work together’ first appeared…Read more…
The long running dispute around equal pay and has continued even after the members were awarded a £500m settlement in 2019
The article Glasgow branch overwhelmingly votes to back new strike action…Read more…
Members on Chief Officer grades have voted to accept the employer’s offer of a 2.75% pay increase with effect from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. The JNC has also agreed to conduct a joint survey of all local … Continue reading →Read more…
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, UNISON assistant general secretary Christina McAnea looks at the fight we still face
The article Blog: a long way to go on equal pay first appeared on…Read more…
Assistant general secretary sets out the scale of the challenge, but tells women’s conference that UNISON is in shape to meet it
The article McAnea issues defiant message to Johnson’s Tories first…Read more…
With more than one million women members representing 80% of the union, conference hears how UNISON is at the forefront of the campaign to eradicate the gender pay gap
The article Bridging the…Read more…
Paying men more than women for undertaking the same work has been illegal for nearly half a century, under the Equal Pay Act 1970. The Act is a hard-won piece of legislation that became law…Read more…
They take the editor’s award in the city’s Evening Times Scotswoman of the Year awards
The article Glasgow women win again first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
On International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite’s women members speak out on what they want in the workplace: And Unite’s national women’s committee also has…Read more…
February is the month of romance, what with Valentine’s Day and Heart UNISON week – and UNISON members were definitely feeling the love during the last 28 days.
The article We felt the love in…Read more…
Imagine feeling as though no matter how much hard work you put in, hours given and qualifications earned, progression in your company is always out of reach. This week (February 11 – 17) marks…Read more…
City Chambers rally greets council’s ratification of £548m deal to compensate for years of unequal pay
The article ‘We won’ – Glasgow women celebrate equal pay first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…