Category Archives: Equalities
Campaign must continue until women in Northern Ireland secure full equal access to free, safe and legal abortion
UK Government moves to meet costs of Northern Ireland women seeking abortions in GB welcome but leaves women here as second-class citizens Local politicians responsible for system where NI women are forced into exile to access essential healthcare services Unite … Continue reading
Unite welcomes launch of ‘Abortion as a Workplace Issue’ report
Pioneering research will help inform union’s campaigning on abortion October 19th: Unite today welcomed the publication of Abortion as a Workplace Issue, based on a quantitative and qualitative survey of trade union members commissioned by five trade unions including Unite, … Continue reading
Unite commemorates legacy of LGBT activist, Mark Ashton, by launching a bursary for young people’s solidarity projects
Unite the union will launch its Mark Ashton bursary this evening [7pm, Thursday May 18th] as part of LGBT awareness week. The bursary worth up to £300 will be available is aimed at young people developing projects which shows solidarity … Continue reading
Unite calls for package of measures to help close ‘unaffordable gender wage gap’
March 8th: Unite today called on the Government to introduce a package of measures to close the gender pay gap, which currently sees women earning, on average, nearly 15 per cent less than women. Speaking on International Women’s Day, the … Continue reading
Playwright Martin Lynch joins trade unionist songwriter to launch Unite for Humanity song for refugees
A singer-songwriter who works for the UK and Ireland’s biggest trade union is using his music to raise money for Syrian refugees by releasing a single this week into the UK download charts in Belfast. November 20th: Davy Kettyles’ song … Continue reading









