UNISON organises anti-racism event for Sheffield City Council as part of Year of Black Workers campaign

An event to help Sheffield City Council eliminate racism has been organised by the UNISON City of Sheffield branch. The council was assessed to be “institutionally racist” by the Race Equality Commission and a three-year improvement plan introduced in an effort to change culture, structures, processes, policies and systems. Both the chief executive and new […]

Pam Sian is framed over black and white images of Idi Amin in military uniform and Asian families in an airport fleeing Uganda in 1971.

The expulsion of Asians by Idi Amin – 50 years on

Pam Sian is a UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Assistant Regional Convenor, Branch Secretary, Convenor and Equalities Officer, and Vice-chair of the region’s Black Members’ Group. 50 years since her family were caught up in the expulsion of Asians from Uganda, she recalls the traumatic events. On 4th August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, […]