With flowers for a vigil and a sombre tone
women gathered to pay their respects.
Why couldn’t she have been left alone?
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Safety, justice and equality
Unite and other unions are demanding safety, justice and equality for women after Sarah Everard’s murder has reignited a national conversation about violence against women. Earlier this month, Sarah…Read more…
‘Profound concern and alarm’
The fundamental freedom to protest is under grave threat, Unite has warned, as new draconian legislation significantly expanding police powers over public demonstration is being rushed through…Read more…
Women under ‘massive pressure’
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…
‘This government is actively anti-women’
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…
Every single day, this is what UNISON does for women
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
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Blog: We’re not martyrs, we’re fighting for change
This International Women’s Day we’ll all be ‘choosing to challenge’ – just as we always do in UNISON
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‘If you work with people, you work with victims of domestic abuse’
UNISON hosted a panel event on empowering victims and survivors of domestic abuse in the workplace, with speakers including MP Jess Phillip
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UNISON wins workplace protection for domestic abuse victims
New domestic abuse protection orders will help to prevent abusive partners coming to victims’ workplaces
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Request denied
An overwhelming majority of working mums who have requested furlough to homeschool their children have been denied, a shocking new survey has revealed. The poll, published this week by the TUC, has…Read more…
TUC survey reveals 71% of working mothers denied furlough
Working parents – particularly mothers – are in an impossible situation this lockdown. UNISON is calling for paid parental leave to support them
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‘Do the right thing’
When schools were suddenly shut in England last week after the government faced mounting pressure to take action to stop the spread of Covid-19, millions of parents were abruptly thrust back into…Read more…
‘Rights and fights that can and must be won’
It’s night time in Wroclaw, south west Poland. It’s dark. The streets are filled with people in face masks holding placards and chanting ‘I think, I feel, I decide’. Police vans and officers – some…Read more…
COVID reverses progress on financial equality
“When the country starts to count the cost of the pandemic, we can’t allow the burden to fall on women – again”
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Where democracy is not a right
But the fight goes on – with women now leading the way, with marches and peaceful protests throughout Belarus – despite violence and repression from the state. On September 12 around 10,000 women…Read more…
‘It’s time for equality’
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland spoke passionately at Congress today (September 14) in a debate about the unequal impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on ethnic minorities, working…Read more…
When homeworking versus the office isn’t a straightforward choice
The results from UNISON’s annual equalities survey are in, and after 8,825 responses including from Black, disabled, women and LGBT+ members, one of the most contentious topics is working from…Read more…
How the govt fails to take women seriously
A joint statement earlier this week (August 5) by the TUC, Centenary Action Group, the Fawcett Society, Women’s Aid and trade unions representing parliamentary staff (Unite, Prospect, PCS and FDA)…Read more…
Childcare crisis
Nearly half of working mothers recently made redundant say lack of childcare provision played a role in their sacking, a shocking new survey has revealed. The massive economic toll the coronavirus…Read more…
Women face workplace sexism at home
With the majority of office workers working from home since lockdown came into force in March, you’d think that the office-based sexism prevalent in far too many workplaces may have subsided in the…Read more…