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• Blog: Why solidarity with Ukraine is the only way

  14-03-2022 19:53
  
  It’s now two weeks since Putin launched a completely unjustified military assault on a sovereign, democratic European nation and those feelings are only getting stronger each day there is a fresh atrocity – whether that’s an air strike on a nuclear plant or a maternity hospital or the threat of chemical weapons being used on civilians.
  With the obvious loss of life and the increasing humanitarian disaster,  we can be in no doubt we are witnessing the worst conflict and the
  
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• Ukraine – share your stories

  14-03-2022 14:29
  
  UNISON is working with the international trade union movement to mobilise support for those affected by the war in Ukraine.
  The union recently spoke with Ukrainian trade unionists, who are bravely representing their members in their war-torn country.
  We would now like to look closer to home, to learn how the invasion of Ukraine is affecting our own members, here in the UK but with a personal interest in the conflict.
  If you are a Ukrainian member with friends and family who are trapped in the wa
  
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• Blog: UK government should take notice of the new disability charter

  14-03-2022 11:25
  
  In January, just as UNISON’s Year of the Disabled Workers began, the Westminster government’s National Disability Strategy was ruled illegal by the High Court.
  With over 4 million disabled people in work across the UK, only three out of 114 questions in the consultation asked about disabled people’s experiences at work. It’s almost like the government still don’t understand that disabled workers exist.
  UNISON found the same attitude during the COVID pandemic, when
  
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