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The United Nations World Toilet Day has been observed annually since 2013 and is held on November 19th. The day celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation.
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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…
Addressing the TUC in Brighton today (10 September), Unite delegate Bridie McCreesh called out her employer Newry Mourne and Down District Council in support of a motion on period dignity.
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There’s been a lot of chatter around the menopause this week – on the BBC, in the papers. Chirpy ladies conversing about their hot flushes and brain fog – which to even get this previously…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…
Unite member Lily Chasteau, 24, knows that even in the 21st century, some topics of conversation are still considered off-limits. “A friend of mine started her period when we were 14 and she…Read more…
Since Unite’s Period Dignity campaign national launch last September, the initiative has seen a series of successes among business both small and large, including just last week aerospace giant…Read more…
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…
Unite’s period dignity campaign is spreading like wildfire as more and more workplaces sign up to provide free sanitary products in toilets – since its launch in September last year dozens of firms…Read more…
Unite is passionate about ensuring that all its members regardless of race or gender throughout all its sectors are not discriminated in the workplace. This commitment is demonstrated by the…Read more…
As Unite’s period dignity campaign goes from strength to strength, with more and more employers signing up to commit to providing free sanitary products in workplaces, the union is breaking down…Read more…
Unite is demanding that employers take action to ensure that workers are granted toilet dignity in the workplace. Unite believes that tens of thousands of workers in the UK either are not…Read more…
Unite officially launched its Period Dignity campaign at the Labour Party conference this afternoon (September 24) to give free access to tampons and pads in workplaces across the UK. Today’s…Read more…
Campaigners celebrated in 2016 when Parliament first voted to end VAT on sanitary products – the so-called ‘tampon tax’. But two years later, women across the UK are still waiting for action –…Read more…