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Unite delegate Faith Coker-Jarra moved a motion on the first day of TUC Congress on Sunday (September 15) on tackling the far right and the weaponisation of women and girl’s safety. The motion, which first put forward at the TUC Women’s Conference in March, weighed up how trade unionists should respond to the rise of […]
The post ‘Our collective strength’ appeared first on Unite Live.
UNISON members are encouraged to write to their MP to ensure women who end their pregnancies are met with compassion, not criminalisation
The article UNISON supports abortion decriminalisation first appeared on the UNISON National site.
UNISON members are encouraged to write to their MP to ensure women who end their pregnancies are met with compassion, not criminalisation
The article UNISON supports abortion decriminalisation first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Delegates heard impassioned speeches on international women’s rights and the importance of resisting apartheid in Palestine
The article International motions on women’s rights and Palestine passed at NDC first appeared on the UNISON National site.
The bill now moves to committee stage, where UNISON will submit expert evidence on why a bonfire of workers’ rights is a bad idea
The article Workers’ protections at risk as EU Law bill moves through Parliament first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Union-sponsored annual nursing team award goes to nurses who helped ensure women had access to abortion services during COVID-19
The article UNISON salutes team that kept up abortion access in…Read more…
25 November marks the UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the European Trades Union Confederation (ETUC) is marking the day by launching a new report mapping union initiatives in…Read more…
Want to start the New Year with some global solidarity? Our friends at LabourStart are running an e-action with the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) on behalf of Nermin Al-Sharif,…Read more…
This week sees the start of a campaign by the Women’s Asylum Charter whose 350 supporters include the TUC, ASLEF Women’s Committee, GMB, NAPO, NASUWT, NUT, PCS Women’s Forum and Unison. In supporting this Charter, the TUC and its member unions are standing up for the rights of women who come to…Read more…