Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie looks at the background to the report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities and examines its failings
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Green light to racists
It’s not genetics, vitamin D, underlying conditions, or lifestyle choices causing disproportionate deaths of black and Asian people from Covid-19. It is poverty and racism, says a report by Doctors…Read more…
Unite slams race report
The government has come under fierce criticism after commissioning a report on racial disparities in the UK, which critics including Unite have said has failed to take seriously the lived experiences…Read more…
‘Mark of shame’
Despite Black and Asian ethnic minority (BAEM) NHS staff playing a leading role in the battle against coronavirus, they have endured increasing levels of workplace discrimination and bullying,…Read more…
‘Be the light in the darkness’
Every year on January 27, people across the world join in solidarity to mark Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD), on the anniversary of the day Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death…Read more…
Universities call for urgent action on racial harassment in higher education
“Black staff and students must have the same opportunities to develop their studies and careers as their white counterparts.”
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Wear Red Day set to be ‘biggest one yet’
Anti-racist education charity, Show Racism the Red Card, expects this year’s Wear Red Day on Friday (October 16) to be its biggest one yet. Every year, Show Racism the Red Card puts on Wear Red Day,…Read more…
Keeping up the momentum
When the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown first hit the UK, like so many organisations, there was a moment of panic for anti-racist charity Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC). “We didn’t know…Read more…
BLM protests must leave ‘long-lasting legacy’
On the final day of TUC Congress 2020 on Tuesday (September 15), delegates held a wide-ranging debate on tackling racism. Systemic racism has risen to the top of the agenda this year especially amid…Read more…
‘They shall not pass’
Or as Nelson Mandela put it “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People are taught to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they…Read more…
‘Their lives mattered’
“I can’t breathe” – these were the dying words of not only George Floyd, who was murdered at the hands of US police last month but also were the final words of many people who died in the Grenfell…Read more…
Blog: A major disappointment – but just the latest for Black people
Gloria Mills, UNISON equalities national secretary, on why the report into the impact of COVID-19 on Black people is a “major disappointment”
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Police and justice committee adds voice to George Floyd protests
UNISON group says the killing in the US – and its aftermath – shows that the fight against racism must be redoubled
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US unrest is a reminder to stand up to racism
We must be alert to the threat of discrimination
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‘Our strength comes from you’, president tells conference
Josie Bird salutes UNISON’s Black members for their work in fighting back against increasing racism and intolerance
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‘This is our time’, Prentis tells Black members
On ‘Brexit Day’ Dave Prentis spoke of the importance of protection for immigrants and justice for the Windrush generation
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‘If not us, then who?’
“Nothing prepares you for visiting Auschwitz,” Unite young member Aiden Papworth told UniteLive. Part of a Unite delegation which travelled to see the largest Nazi concentration camp in…Read more…
‘Never again!’
The scale of devastation unleashed by the Holocaust can be difficult for many of us to imagine. The sheer numbers of people murdered both before and during the Second World War boggle the mind….Read more…
‘It’s our responsibility to kick racism out of our society’
Show Racism the Red Card launches this year’s schools competition at UNISON Centre
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Our members’ experience of racism in the NHS
UNISON asked members in the health service for their experience of ‘unacceptable behaviour’, including their experience of racism in the workplace.
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