Just last week, the Chancellor proudly announced in the Budget that the government was winning on the gender pay gap. He said (pretty much cutting and pasting from previous speeches): “Inequality is down; and the gender pay gap has never been smaller.” But today we are told by the Women and…Read more…
For males only?
A cross-party committee of MPs released a damning report today (March 22) into the government’s inadequate response to a yawning 20 per cent gender pay gap that’s showed no signs of abating over the…Read more…
Gender pay gap persists
The gender pay gap in the UK remains stubbornly high – despite so many advances in equalities over the last half century, women still only earn 80p for every £1 a man earns. Even more galling…Read more…
The inequality challenge
First written in 1980, this book now covers the period from the 1830s to 2010. Sarah Burton reveals that at the advent of industrialisation much of the workforce, particularly in…Read more…
The young mother penalty
Women who have children at a younger age suffer a significant pay penalty throughout their careers compared to older mothers, a new TUC analysis published today (March 8) has revealed. The TUC…Read more…
A beacon of shining light
If black pioneering nurse Mary Seacole was alive today she would probably be in action on the Greek-Macedonian border or helping those trapped in the twilight hell that is the so-called ‘jungle’ in…Read more…
A message that must run through our union every single day
Our union will always stand up and speak out on pay, on justice, on representation and on violence against women. That’s a message that isn’t simply for International Women’s Day – it’s a message…Read more…
UNISON targets human trafficking in Wales
Union says ‘governments across the world must do more to protect women’ ahead of conference in Cardiff
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‘Scrub the TU Bill’
East Midlands women speak out against unnecessary change in law ‘that can only harm relations between employers and workers’
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I was petrified
Experience of a first-time speaker at UNISON’s national women’s conference
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We will fight these battles together – and we’ll win
Understandably many of the UNISON members I speak to are scared, concerned or just plain appalled by the government’s assault on women. But I’m determined that no bill, cut or law will ever stop…Read more…
‘Let’s focus on how we can protect girls from female genital mutilation’
Speaker from charity Forward urges UNISON members to fulfil their duty to protect women and girls from FGM
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Government cuts are denying women access to justice, says UNISON
Women are being hit hardest by government cuts and by changes that restrict access to justice, Dave Prentis tells women’s conference
The article Government cuts are denying women access to justice,…Read more…
‘A woman after every union woman’s heart’
Labour MP Naz Shah wins applause with the story of her own personal politics
The article ‘A woman after every union woman’s heart’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
‘I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor’
UNISON women’s conference applauds survivor’s tale of domestic violence
The article ‘I’m not a victim, I’m a survivor’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…
Women and trade unions
Women have always been central to trade unions and the fight for a more equal society. To celebrate International Women’s Day we’ve put together a timeline of some of the key dates for women and the trade union movement.
The article Women and trade unions first appeared on the UNISON National site.
‘The real challenges’ of caring
Women share their experience as carers at Brighton conference
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‘The real challenges’ of caring
Women share their experience as carers at Brighton conference
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Beach barbecues, feminist craft, discussions on prostitution and hula hooping…
Conventional and unconventional approaches to recruitment debated at women’s conference
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‘We have always overcome obstacles in our way’
UNISON president Wendy Nichols opens women’s conference in Brighton with call to action
The article ‘We have always overcome obstacles in our way’ first appeared on the UNISON site.Read more…