Attitudes must change, Christina McAnea says on International Women’s Day
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Attitudes must change, Christina McAnea says on International Women’s Day
The article Women not safe from violence and misogyny, including at work first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Attitudes must change, Christina McAnea says on International Women’s Day
The article Women not safe from violence and misogyny, including at work first appeared on the UNISON National site.
As the largest women’s organisation in the country, we’re celebrating 50 years of both the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act this International Women’s Day
The article Opinion: Standing in solidarity with women everywhere first appeared on the UNISON National site.
As the largest women’s organisation in the country, we’re celebrating 50 years of both the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act this International Women’s Day
The article Opinion: Standing in solidarity with women everywhere first appeared on the UNISON National site.
On International Women’s Day today (March 8), striking Drax canteen workers, who are predominantly female, have escalated their industrial dispute over fair pay. The workers, who have been striking since early December in a dispute with their employer Baxter Storey and Drax’s management, announced today that they have voted to extend their strike action mandate. […]
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‘Women’s work is often undervalued and underpaid, but UNISON knows the true value’
The article UNISON celebrates International Women’s Day in Glasgow first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Unite Equalities celebrated International Women’s Day on Wednesday (March 8) with an inspiring online webinar that featured a range of Unite women activists making a difference in their workplaces. The online event was hosted by Unite regional officer Allison Spencer-Scragg and Unite national chair of the women’s committee Jane Stewart, who is also on the […]
The post Equality “at the heart of everything Unite does” appeared first on Unite Live.
Every day over the Christmas period, UniteLive is running a different story from our top stories of 2023. Today, we look back at our Get Me Home Safely Campaign, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in March and highlight the many wins the campaign has had since. — As the world today (March 8) celebrates International […]
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International Women’s Day isn’t just about celebrating milestones in the fight for equality – because that fight is never done. This year on International Women’s Day on March 8, Unite Equalities will host a special online event from 6.30pm to showcase the difference that Unite women activists have made in their workplaces, and how you […]
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Do join us if you can, for part or all of the time as we celebrate International Women’s Day by encouraging women to join a Trade Union!Outside Stratford Station. All Labour supporting women union members and allies welcome.All TUC affiliates wel…Read more…
The union will celebrate International Women’s Day with an event in Glasgow in March 2023
The article Celebrating working women: UNISON prepares for IWD 2023 first appeared on the UNISON National site.
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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“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…