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Category: equalities

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 The article TUC survey reveals 71% of working mothers...
Posted on 14/01/2021Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Covid-19, equalities, news releases, womenTags Unison

UNISON salutes team that kept up abortion access in lockdown

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...
Posted on 11/12/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories abortion, Article, equalities, news releases, nursing, women's rightsTags Unison

Blog: Ten years of the Equality Act and still fighting

UNISON disabled and LGBT+ activist Louise Ashworth looks back at 10 years of the Equality Act The article Blog: Ten years of the Equality Act and still fighting first appeared on the UNISON National...
Posted on 30/09/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Covid-19, equalities, equality act, News, news releasesTags Unison

Blog: Let’s have an informed discussion about working from home

Graeme Ellis and Tansaim Hussain-Gul are co-chairs of UNISON’s national disabled members’ committee. Here, they look at how COVID-19 has disproved myths about home working being unproductive The...
Posted on 15/07/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Covid-19, disabled members, equalities, news releasesTags Unison

Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the age of COVID

Julia O’Connell, the vice chair of UNISON’s national women’s committee, explains what’s it like to be pregnant – and working – during COVID-19 The article Blog: the plight of pregnant workers in the...
Posted on 03/07/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, Covid-19, equalities, health and safety, News, news releases, pregnancy and maternity rights, women membersTags Unison

Blog: Deaf workers’ ignored in coronavirus pandemic

UNISON activists Iain Scott-Burdon and Gill Jeffery look at how coronavirus pandemic is affecting Deaf workers The article Blog: Deaf workers’ ignored in coronavirus pandemic first appeared on the...
Posted on 18/06/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, coronavirus, Covid-19, deaf members, disabled members, equalities, News, news releasesTags Unison

COVID-19: Black and female workers – more impacted than the rest

Inequalities emerging through the pandemic are chilling evidence to support UNISON’s demands on workplace rights and decent public services.  We need them now The article COVID-19: Black and female...
Posted on 01/05/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, black members, coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, equalities, news releases, PPE, womenTags Unison

‘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 The article ‘It’s our responsibility to kick racism out of our society’ first appeared on the...
Posted on 23/01/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories anti-racism, Article, dave prentis, education, equalities, News, news releases, racism, show racism the red cardTags Unison

Support pregnant UNISON members in casualised work

Union reps: take 10 minutes to fill in our survey The article Support pregnant UNISON members in casualised work first appeared on the UNISON National site.
Posted on 13/01/2020Author Unison news releasesCategories activists, Article, equalities, Equality, equality reps, Maternity Rights, news releases, reps, women members, Your rights in the workplaceTags Unison

Christmas and sexual harassment – stories from the dark side of the office party

What should be a celebration with colleagues can too often turn into an ordeal of innuendo, harassment and even assault The article Christmas and sexual harassment – stories from the dark side of...
Posted on 13/12/2019Author Unison news releasesCategories Article, equalities, harassment, News, news releases, sexual harassment, unison women, womenTags Unison

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