He urged delegates to “educate ourselves about making our union and workplaces safer for our LGBT+ colleagues.” A further speaker highlighted how, when governments […]
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I hope you will join me and UNISON in celebrating LGBT+ History Month – together we can be the change this country needs to make every LGBT+ person feel safe and […]
Making more history In 1991 NALGO elected Mike Blick as president – the first openly LGBT+ trade union leader in the UK. In 2005, eight years after COHSE, NALGO and NUPE had founded […]
Campaigning for that change in government will be a big part of our mission this year, but we won’t let election fever take […]
Standing alongside us makes the difference between thriving and barely surviving”. Being a good […]
Libby Nolan says she looks forward to helping make it ‘the best year possible’
UNISON’s disabled members’ conference debates pay gaps, the national care service, and the health and disability white paper
“We know we need a national care service. We know change is needed, but that change has to be right for both staff and the service users. Our current system […]
UNISON’s LGBT+ members bring so much to our union, and make it a diverse, wonderful organisation to join and to work for. A year on from the last time I wrote about Pride month, it’s sad that […]
As a proud ally to the LGBT+ community, I’m concerned about the rise of LGBT+ hate crime and hate speech. The lack of […]