The UNISON Scotland Disabled Members’ newsletter is now online. Click here or on the graphic for a PDF
Read moreTag: disabled
UNISON to make 2021 year of disabled workers
UNISON Conference backed a South Lanarkshire motion to make 2021 the Year of Disabled Workers and ask the TUC and
Read moreUNISON urges branches to negotiate disability leave policies
UNISON will promote its Disability Leave bargaining guide and model policy, urging branches to negotiate disability leave policies with their
Read moreSupporting our terminally ill members and those with chronic conditions
#stuc19 Congress slammed employers who shamefully ill-treat terminally ill workers and called for all employers to sign up to the
Read moreEmployers must change attitudes to end the disability employment gap
#stuc19 Employers’ attitudes to the employment of disabled people must shift fundamentally said Congress, as it pledged to drive an
Read moreDisabled Members’ newsletter winter 2018
About the Scottish Disabled Members’ Group and Committee What we did in 2018 STUC ‘Unions into Schools’ Programme “IN THE SPOTLIGHT”
Read moreSTUC needs your views on hate crime law
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on hate crime legislation. Across the STUC’s equality structures trade union members have raised
Read moreUNISON calls for zero tolerance on bullying and harassment
Delegates at Local Government Conference heard harrowing accounts of bullying at work from a range of members and activists and
Read moreAct to end barriers to work for people with disabilities
#stuc2017 Congress backed urgent action to support disabled people into work, amidst serious concerns that less than 50% of people
Read moreCampaign to end VAT on food for guide dogs
#stuc2017 The STUC will campaign to extend the VAT exemption on ‘working’ dog food to guide dogs for the blind
Read more