What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault
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Stop LGBT bullying
Unite’s Phil Jones calls for greater powers to tackle workplace bullying at Labour conference.
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‘Our voices must be heard’
Susan Matthews, Unite’s BAME representative on its NEC spoke passionately as a proud black woman in support of having a minimum number of places reserved for BAME candidates. Unite’s political…Read more…
Equality 2020
Calling for equality reps to have statutory rights at the TUC in Brighton, Unite assistant general secretary, Diana Holland, said unions must ensure that the equalities agenda is not reduced to the…Read more…
‘Harsh reality’
The pay gap between white and black and Asian minority ethnic (BAME) workers still stubbornly persists, with white British workers earning on average nearly 4 per cent more than their non-white…Read more…
Pride and protest
UNISON LGBT+ group joins Pride parade in London to celebrate, to show solidarity and to protest against continuing bigotry and intolerance
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Conference unanimously gives LGBT the + factor
Renaming LGBT+ group will future-proof it and increase inclusivity
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Win a fabulous mini break!
Take part in UNISON’s annual equalities survey and you could win a Devon mini break
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Stop acting and start being YOU!
How do people describe you? Friendly, shy, mean, kind, fake, honest, weird, cool? Do you agree? If you could, would you change the way people see you?
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‘I wasn’t going to let it go’
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…
‘Troubling trend’
One in five LGBTQ+ NHS staff and a third of ambulance staff say they have been assaulted at work, new figures show. More than 20 per cent of healthcare staff identifying as LGBTQ+ on the 2018…Read more…
‘Action not words’
Gender pay gap data published by large companies each year could be riddled with errors, according to new research. More than 500 companies most definitely made errors in their gender pay gap…Read more…
Jobs market discriminates against BME workers, says report
Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers are more than twice as likely to be stuck in insecure work as their white counterparts, new research reveals. The TUC, which published the analysis at…Read more…
Support young people now plea
Youth services are in need of an urgent overhaul and require their own cabinet minister, a cross-party report by MPs has said. An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for youth affairs report,…Read more…
Women need their union
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a day where we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But Unite believes that this tear IWD marks a call to action for…Read more…
Unite speaks your language
Workers who speak English as a second language will be able to access help and information on Unite the union’s website in their own language thanks to a new accessibility tool, which also boosts…Read more…
‘Remove race discrimination’ call
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…
Major strides forward
Last week (February 11), thanks to Unite campaigning, Rolls-Royce took the unprecedented step of adopting the union’s period dignity charter – now, toilets at Rolls-Royce facilities in 50 countries…Read more…
Disabilities day
Unite hosted a special conference in Northern Ireland today (December 3) on how best to provide support for employees dealing with mental health issues. The conference – run in partnership…Read more…
Fight to keep school bus
Leeds Unite Community activists have won another victory in their campaign to ensure the continued running of school transport for disabled children in the area. Leeds City Council (LCC) last year…Read more…