A West Yorkshire organisation made up of elected councillors from different councils across the region has signed UNISON’s anti-racism charter, the union says today (Friday). West Yorkshire Combined Authority signed the charter earlier this week, becoming the first combined authority to do so. The charter is a commitment by an employer to introduce a number […]
Year of Black Workers
After 11 months of planning, the inaugural UNISON Yorkshire and Humberside Black History Month Awards event was held in Sheffield on Friday (13 October). The event was hosted by UNISON Sheffield Teaching Hospitals branch, after branch secretary John Campbell came up with the idea of recognising some of the inspirational, motivational and dedicated people and […]
To mark Black History Month, UNISON Sheffield Teaching Hospitals branch has organised a regional awards night to recognise individuals and organisations across Yorkshire and Humberside. A total of eight categories will be recognised at the dinner, and the focus is around being inspirational role models for others. As well as the awards ceremony, there will […]
Senior figures from Sheffield City Council have again committed to rooting out racism at the authority, at an event organised by UNISON today (Tuesday). The Race Equality Commission assessed the council to be “institutionally racist” and introduced a three-year improvement plan to change culture, structures, processes, policies and systems. UNISON City of Sheffield branch arranged […]
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 […]