Here is the text of a speech I gave to the cambridgeshire county branch of UNISON's AGM last Thursday. As a young woman UNISON activist I have been asked to talk to you about women and the trade unions. I am going to concentrate upon our Union , UNISON, and say something about inequality in the...

Several workers at Preston city council walked out unofficially on Thursday of last week after being told that the single status review will leave a third of the workforce facing pay cuts. Some Unison union officials have argued that the deal will help low paid women. In fact the lowest paid women will only get 8 to 10 pence more an hour. Meanwhile more than 400 workers mostly women will face pay ...

Now is the time to stand up for workers (03/12/08) The financial and economic crisis hitting the world means that, now more than ever, "the time is right to stand up for workers," general secretary Dave Prentis told UNISON's national executive council in London today."It's the workers, vulnerable...

This is from the Glasgow City UNISON website The Council intends to cut some of your co-workers wages in April. Several hundred workers face cuts in pay with many losing thousands of pounds. The Council has reneged on the agreement made with UNISON in 2006 to maintain individuals transitional pay...

Lambeth UNISON has exposed the staggering cost of institutional racism to black workers in Lambeth Council. Institutional racism costs black workers in Lambeth Council more than £11 Million a year....

Members of UNISON, the UK’s largest union, have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to protect their pensions. The union balloted members including nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, care assistants, paramedics, police staff, school dinner ladies, probation workers and cleaners. Yes: 245,358 No: 70,253 Dave Prentis, General Secretary of UNISON said: “The dec...

Unison said almost 300 women at Kirklees Council working in traditional female jobs such as home carers, kitchen assistants and cleaners, were excluded from bonuses awarded to men in comparable posts such as gardening and refuse collection. The claims were originally submitted in 2006 and settled after preliminary employment tribunal hearings.

Onto the afternoon session of conference. Cath Elliot opened this afternoons session and first up we heard from Rachel Reeves MP who said cuts are going to hit women 3x harder than men.Rachel went on to say that public sector workers are paying for a recession that they did not cause. We did not vote for this and we will not stand for it.Now back onto the group debate on effects of cuts on women.M...

Local government workers in Waltham Forest will march to the London borough's town hall on Thursday 28 February in protest against "single status" pay cuts. Refuse workers could lose £100 a week with street cleaners losing £70 a week. The government's 'efficiency' review could make 300 council workers redundant. Socialist Party members in Unison and Unite agree with equal pay for men and women, bu...

UNISON Women’s Self Organised Group Come along to our next meeting on 25 February 2009, 1– 2 pm read more