Library news

• Women’s work is “undervalued, invisible and ignored”, says UNISON    

  18-02-2022 18:39
  
  In a speech to the union’s national women’s conference today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Every day, women are responsible for change across the whole of society. When I became general secretary last year, I promised to lead our collective strength of one million women to be a voice for all women in the workplace.
  “The challenges in the workplace and at home have become a much bigger burden for women. They’re ex
  
  Read more

• Women back call to build campaign against sexual harassment

  18-02-2022 17:19
  
  UNISON’s 2022 women’s conference ended today with a series of debates following an address to delegates by general secretary Christina McAnea.
  Moving a key motion on sexual harassment for the national women’s committee, joint vice chair Deborah Yapicioz said that UNISON welcomed last summer’s announcement by the UK government that it would introduce a new duty on employers to protect all staff from sexual harassment at work, along with protections for workers harassed by
  
  Read more

• UNISON general secretary calls on men to stand ‘beside’ women

  18-02-2022 16:01
  
  Christina McAnea today issued a clarion call for “husbands, fathers, sons and brothers” to stand with women in the struggle for equality, as she addressed the union’s women’s conference.
  The quote from the Scottish Women’s Anthem, by Sharon Martin, continues: “united we’ll fight for each other”. It is a line, said the general secretary, “that means a lot to me – because equality, feminism and empowerment are not just the responsibility
  
  Read more

• Ministers need to get tough with employers over sexual harassment, says UNISON  

  18-02-2022 11:37
  
  The government must ​toughen up laws to deal with employers who fail to protect staff from sexual harassment at work, says UNISON today (Friday).
  A properly enforceable law enabling all employers to be held to account if they fail to act was promised by the government last year, says the union.
  Sexual harassment in the workplace is one of the issues due to be discussed at UNISON’s virtual women’s conference later today.
  Last July, the government pledged
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• When the cupboard is bare: Impact of low pay revealed by conference

  18-02-2022 10:33
  
  On a busy opening day of UNISON’s women’s conference – held virtually because of the continuing pandemic – delegates worked hard to ensure they have every chance of getting through the entire agenda.
  Irene Graham from Northern Ireland told delegates about that region’s relaunch of the Feminist Recover Plan, which highlights the effects of both the pandemic and Brexit on women.
  Conference voted to support the region’s plan and called on the national committee t
  
  Read more

Follow @LibraryUknws on Twitter!