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UNISON has almost one million women members - more than two thirds of our union. Women still earn a lot less than men and face sex discrimination and harassment at work. Our members also juggle work and home commitments. Many have caring responsibilities and almost half work part-time. This is why UNISON takes a lead on negotiating and campaigning on women's rights at work and in the community. To get involved in our campaign go to Women delegates elected for national conference(05/03/08) The delegates elected from National Women’s conference to National Delegate conference are Cath Elliot and Katrina Murray. The women's conference also selected a motion on Women in Public Life and a motion on Prostitution to go to the national delegate conference. Decisions carried at National women's conference
The new gender equality duty preparing for May 2007 (No 3)The Equality Act 2006 amends the Sex Discrimination Act to place a statutory duty on all public authorities, when carrying out their functionsGender equality duty arrives(10/04/07) UNISON welcomes bold change in sex equality legislationUNISON welcomes new rights for parents and carers(2/10/06) UNISON has welcomed the new rights for parents and carers introduced in the Work and Families Act, which will come into force in April 2007. Parents and carers struggling to achieve work life balance will now be able to take advantage of improvements to maternity, adoption and carers legislation.Domestic abuse: New model workplace agreement(11/7/06) UNISON has been campaigning for many years for recognition of domestic abuse as a trade union and workplace issue. We are proud of our groundbreaking “Raise the Roof” guide to negotiating workplace policies which support women experiencing abuse, and those who have escaped from their violent partners.Many branches have successfully negotiated agreements with their employers and our new model workplace agreement, which has been developed to assist branches negotiating locally, is now available to download.W3651: Model agreement: W3651.1.doc |
CONTACT DETAILS
• For urgent help and advice at work to go Help at Work. • The UNISON contact for women's issues is Sharon Greene. Women in UNISON 1 Mabledon Place London WC1H 9AJ Email: women@unison.co.uk 
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