‘Opportunistic’ attacks on sign language services during the coronavirus pandemic will cause ‘long term misery’ for the UK’s deaf communities struggling during the crisis, the National Union of…Read more…
‘A powerful voice’
The National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI) celebrates its fifth anniversary today (June 25) amid renewed warnings that government cost cutting and the unethical behaviour of…Read more…
Driving down pay threat
The National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI), which is part of Unite, is writing to NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in the north west of England after the interpreting…Read more…
Govt puts deaf in peril
For nearly 100,000 deaf people in the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is their primary form of communication. Properly trained and qualified BSL interpreters are a lifeline for these…Read more…
Interpreters’ ‘race to the bottom’
Justice secretary Liz Truss has been urged to review how vital interpreter contracts are awarded and how they operate, following reports that Pearl Linguistics has gone into liquidation. Unite…Read more…