Community and Voluntary Organisations Branch December Newsletter
Equality Forum December 2017
Year: 2017
UNISON National LGBT Conference at Brighton 17-19 November 2017
Kim Brookes attends the LGBT conference; This year I was the only delegate from Community & Voluntary Organisations Branch I spoke on a number of motions two that stand out. 13, Non Binary Inclusion, I […]
Report from the 24th National Disabled members’ conference 2017
I arrived to Manchester and I went to the first meeting of the afternoon which was the women Caucus meeting; we discussed motions that were due to be debated at conference. It was agreed that […]
Paul’s Story
Paul is a UNISON member and activist in the Community and Voluntary Organizations Branch. Below Paul describes the challenges he has faced as a disabled person in the workplace and how UNISON have helped support […]
Kim’s Story – From a UNISON CVOB member who has faced issues of Equality at work.
My name is Kim I have been a unison member for over 20yrs, I work as an Office Manager, don’t let the title fool you it’s really just an administrator role in a charity which […]
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UNISON legal victory sees employment tribunal fees scrapped
Supreme Court verdict follows four-year fight by union and is a victory for everyone in work Employment tribunal fees will be scrapped after UNISON won a landmark court victory against the government this morning. The […]
’It’s the workplace that needs to change, not the person’
Conference pledges action to tackle growing problem of mental health issues for local government workers facing pressures driven by austerity, cuts and growing demand for the services they provide “Workplace mental ill health is a […]
Government’s refusal to end the pay cap is an insult to public sector workers, says UNISON
Responding to the government’s decision to reject a Labour Party amendment to end the one per cent public sector pay cap, UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government’s rejection of the proposals to end […]
Conference pledges mental health support for members
We should all be mental health champions, delegates hear as they call for expansion of programme started by Cymru/Wales “Lots of people don’t use mental health services until they are very ill because they are […]