Paulette Wilson, 61, has lived in the UK for just over half a century. Part of the Windrush generation – Commonwealth citizens from the Caribbean who were invited by the UK government to settle in…Read more…
‘Determination for change’
Unite Community activists in Durham are highlighting the disproportionate effect of Tory cuts on women during International Women’s Day today (March 8). Unite Community Durham branch activists…Read more…
A Brexit for women
Women’s voices are missing from the Brexit debate, missing from the table and it’s time that changed. This was the message from Unite’s London and Eastern region Women and Brexit event held in the…Read more…
Women rising up
A collective platform of women and women’s organisations in the UK launched this week to raise awareness of and campaign against the Turkish invasion of Afrin, an area of Northern Syria. The…Read more…
Glass ceilings and sticky floors
The TUC Women’s Conference, the democratic voice of women at work, is convening today (March 8) International Women’s Day at Congress House to discuss the issues of low pay, pay restraint and the…Read more…
Because change never comes from above
One hundred years ago was the beginning of equal rights for women in Britain. But the limited right to vote introduced in 1918 was not gifted to women by parliament, it was achieved by the heroic and…Read more…
‘You can be a mother, daughter, sister and engineer if you wish’
UNISON’s women’s conference addresses the lack of women working in science, technology, engineering and maths
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Women’s conference kicks off with a vote to boost organising
Women’s conference votes to take measures to ensure more low paid women can participate in the union
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Why workers need a strong union
I spoke today at the plenary session of Unite’s national equality conference. It brought together delegates from each of the union’s equality conferences taking place this week in Blackpool – women,…Read more…
Unite fights for future of work
Nearly a third of jobs in some northern towns and cities could be replaced by technology by 2030, new research has found. The analysis, which predicts up to a fifth of jobs in urban areas are…Read more…
Not on the menu
When Financial Times journalist Madison Marriage blew the lid off the President’s Club men-only charity gala where hostesses were repeatedly sexually harassed by wealthy and powerful men, Britons…Read more…
‘Sleazy and disgraceful’
Tory politicians and Britain’s business elite have been linked to a sleazy charity dinner where female hostesses ordered to wear revealing outfits and black underwear were allegedly sexually…Read more…
‘I felt humiliated’
It’s an open secret – most recently brought to public attention after allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein – that sexual harassment is common in workplaces around the world. …Read more…
Don’t suffer in silence
It all started with what at first glance might appear as an innocent comment here and there. But then the boss persisted. Although Unite member and Woolwich Ferry worker Colleen* had told him…Read more…
Mind the pay gap
The Prime Minister has said more companies should voluntary publish their gender pay gap figures, a move Unite said would “amount to very little” in the fight to achieve wage equality. Theresa…Read more…
Another PR exercise?
Following mounting pressure on prime minister Theresa May after repeated delays to the publication of a racial disparity report, it was announced this week (October 3) that the study will be out on…Read more…
Wage theft scandal
More than a million people are barely eking out a living on the minimum wage, now set at £7.50 an hour – but a shock new report has revealed that among these low-paid workers, as many as 1 in 5 are…Read more…
Huge step forward
Unite delegate from Northern Ireland, Bridie McCreesh, today (September 13) addressed conference urging them to support Motion 41 on same-sex marriage and the DUP. The trade union movement is…Read more…
Stamp out racism
Far from being a thing of the past, racism is still very much embedded in all our social structures – from the criminal justice system to the workplace and more. Trade unions have a…Read more…
Against equalities
Julie Phipps, Unite delegate spoke at conference in Brighton today (September 13) to oppose motion 39 on decriminalising sex work. Prostitution is not currently illegal in Britain. The…Read more…