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Category: disabled members

Winning battles big and small: November in UNISON

In the heat of the general election fight, let’s take a moment to recognise all of the other brilliant battles (and awards) that UNISON has won this month The article Winning battles big and small:...
Posted on 03/12/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories 2019 Disabled Members Conference, 2019 LGBT Conference, 2019-LGBT, disabled members, general election 2019, healthcare, LGBT members, News, news releasesTags Unison

Let’s smash the disability pay gap

UNISON disabled members’ conference marks Disability Pay Gap Day and calls for mandatory reporting The article Let’s smash the disability pay gap first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 04/11/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Disability Pay Gap Day, disabled members, News, news releasesTags Unison

Delegates warned of Trump threat to the NHS

Assistant general secretary Christina McAnea address disabled members and urges them to tell people to consider public services when they decide how to vote in December's general election The...
Posted on 03/11/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Boris Johnson, disabled members, Donald Trump, news releases, NHSTags Unison

Delegates open debates with call for better information

Delegates also discuss the importance of inclusivity and the work of caucuses within UNISON's self-organised structures The article Delegates open debates with call for better information first...
Posted on 03/11/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, disabled members, News, news releases, self-organised groupsTags Unison

President urges UNISON activists to take up election challenge

Josie Bird tells disabled members' conference that the general election is 'not a challenge we can afford to shirk' The article President urges UNISON activists to take up election challenge first...
Posted on 03/11/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, disabled members, News, news releasesTags Unison

“I felt like stabbing people – the emotions were that intense”

As the union of over a million women, and with nearly 8 out of 10 menopausal women in work, UNISON is raising awareness and understanding of the menopause. Because it's a work issue The article...
Posted on 17/10/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, black members, disabled members, Menopause, news releases, unison women, womenTags Unison

Fighting sexual harassment and standing up for disabled workers

The final debates at national conference witnessed passionate debates on sexual harassment in the workplace and raising the profile of disabled members The article Fighting sexual harassment and...
Posted on 24/06/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, disabled members, National Disabled Members, news releases, sexual harassment, women members, young membersTags Unison

Conference debates access to voting, hate crime and BSL

Delegates discuss a range of issues that affect the lives of disabled people, in and out of the workplace The article Conference debates access to voting, hate crime and BSL first appeared on the...
Posted on 29/10/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, disability hate crime, disabled members, national disabled members' conference 2018, News, news releasesTags Unison

Disabled members speak out over lack of proper disability leave

Disabled activists employers often don't understand the issue and can 'punish' disabled workers. The article Disabled members speak out over lack of proper disability leave first appeared on the...
Posted on 29/10/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, disabled members, Equality, equality act, national disabled members' conference 2018, News, news releasesTags Unison

Widening disability pay gap shows the struggle for equality is far from over

Assistant general secretary addresses disabled members' conference The article Widening disability pay gap shows the struggle for equality is far from over first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 29/10/2018Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Christina McAnea, disabled members, national disabled members' conference 2018, News, news releasesTags Unison

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