Women in UNISON

Women in UNISONWomen form the majority of UNISON members in Scotland. UNISON structures like ‘proportionality’ attempt to make sure that the women are represented at all levels in the union, at least at a level that reflects their proportion of the membership. If the membership is 65% women, then the leadership should be at least 65% women.

Women’s Organisation in UNISONScotland addresses the discrimination women face and provides a forum and structures to promote issues that particularly affect women in the workplace and in society in general. Family care, low pay and domestic violence are just some examples of our campaigns. See also the UK Women’s pages.

Latest updates

Urgent need to tackle domestic abuse and empower women

Women’s conference highlighted that domestic abuse is a workplace issue and backed a wide-ranging composite that set out a number ... Read More

Workplace policies on sexual harassment essential to protect women

Women’s conference heard powerful testimony in support of City of Edinburgh’s call for workplace policies on sexual harassment, to protect ... Read More

Gender pay justice for women

Women’s conference backed Scotland’s call for all bargaining structures in our union to have gender pay justice right at the ... Read More

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Events and Publications

Women need to be safe not careful, says UNISON

Women need to be safe not careful, says UNISON
UNISON, Scotland’s biggest union for women, has condemned the police response to the Sarah Everard vigil and says it is ...

Empowering and inspiring women – UNISON Women’s Conference

Scotland at Women's Conference
#uwomen20 Kate Ramsden gives an overview of Women’s Conference 2020 and also hears from two first time Scottish delegates, Alice ...

Inspiring women inspiring women

Ann Forsyth
#uwomen20 Women’s conference unanimously backed a call from Scotland to take a lead in telling women’s stories in order to ...

Keeping conference right – the role of the National Women’s Standing Orders Committee

Standing Orders Committee photo
Scotland’s representative on the National Women’s Standing Orders Committee (SOC) Dianne O’Donnell, shares her experience in this busy role. This ...

Gender pay gap about opportunity as much as pay

Lyn Marie O’Hara and Kay McKerrell
#uwomen20 In the 50th anniversary year of the Equal Pay Act, delegates to UNISON’s Women’s Conference slammed the continuing pay gap ...

Raising awareness of symptoms of heart attacks in women

Elizabeth Rankin
With the shocking news from British Heart Foundation research that 50% of women are more likely to receive the wrong ...

PREVIOUS EVENTS

May 2012: The Coalition Government are apparently proposing to reduce current maternity leave. Click here for what you can do…

Supporting Palestinian Women – the STUC Womens Committee have completed a briefing and have developed a link with women in Gaza and Bethlehem (please click here for more details PDF)

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