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LGBT+ equality is top priority at health conference

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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Blog: Celebrating our LGBT+ members and history

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 […]

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A union that keeps making LGBT+ history

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 […]

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Blog: Let’s make 2024 a success

Campaigning for that change in government will be a big part of our mission this year, but we won’t let election fever take […]

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How to… be a trans ally

Standing alongside us makes the difference between thriving and barely surviving”. Being a good […]

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UNISON president welcomes the union’s Year of LGBT+ Workers

Libby Nolan says she looks forward to helping make it ‘the best year possible’

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‘Pay gaps exist because no one is looking,’ disabled members hear

UNISON’s disabled members’ conference debates pay gaps, the national care service, and the health and disability white paper

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Care workers take centre stage at local government conference

“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 […]

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Blog: Proud to welcome in Pride

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 […]

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LGBT+ rights are at the heart of UNISON’s work

As a proud ally to the LGBT+ community, I’m concerned about the rise of LGBT+ hate crime and hate speech. The lack of […]

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