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Hat tip in-UNISON blog yesterday by former President and current minority group NEC member, Maureen Le Marinel.
“On such a special day, it is always great to hear news that will make a difference to women in our union both members and staff. Many of y…Read more…
Hat tip https://www.in-unison.org/post/international-women-s-day-2022
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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…
International Women’s Day (March 8) is the day that people from around the world join together to honour women’s contributions to society and highlight the continued need for strengthening women’s…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…
After the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women, and as the war in Ukraine sees women and children flee – or stay to fight – we need to regain the progress toward equality
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Print page Translate pageChristina McAnea: UNISON’s new general secretary
“Think of the working-class “women of Glasgow leading rent strikes in 1915. The machinists at Ford, downing tools …Read more…
Pandemic has highlighted need for new arrangements
The article Government policies failing women on flexible working, says UNISON first appeared on the UNISON National site.Read more…
The global coronavirus pandemic has spared no one – even for those who have not had the virus, every single one of us has been touched by the pandemic’s wider social and economic effects. But in a…Read more…
UNISON is backing a campaign group for a proper memorial for the women and girls who joined together in London’s East End to fight for a better working life
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It couldn’t be clearer. The Tories are completely out of touch with the realities for women of the impact of the pandemic and have failed them at every turn. In fact, we need to recognise that…Read more…
With more than a million women members, UNISON is always loud and proud for women’s rights at work. Here are just a couple of our recent wins
The article Every single day, this is what UNISON does…Read more…
This International Women’s Day we’ll all be ‘choosing to challenge’ – just as we always do in UNISON
The article Blog: We’re not martyrs, we’re fighting for change first appeared on the UNISON…Read more…
The following comment piece is adapted from an opening speech at this year’s TUC Women’s Conference last week delivered by Unite EC member Susan Matthews, who also chaired the…Read more…
Unite celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday (March 8) as it honoured women’s contributions to society and made renewed calls for women’s rights and empowerment in and out of the workplace….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…
Unite Scotland today held an event on International Women’s Day (March 8) to encourage women to try welding as a vocation at the West College Scotland. The event was held in Clydebank, which…Read more…
Unite has welcomed the announcements by Manchester Metropolitan Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram that their organisations will sign up to the union’s period dignity…Read more…
On International Women’s day Unite has expressed solidarity with the women of Rojava in Northern Syria, who are living under the threat of constant danger and invasion. Rojava is a bastion of…Read more…
#Time4Equality is an initiative launched by the Irish Executive Committee at the start of 2019 – and it does exactly what it says on the tin. Regional women’s officer Taryn Trainor takes up…Read more…