UNISON Black members pose for a photo at their annual general meeting in Weston-super-Mare.

Black members

UNISON has 185,000 Black members, most of whom work in health and local government services, with significant numbers working in social care and schools. Many deliver frontline services, and many are low paid.

UNISON Definition of Black

Black members: in UNISON ‘Black’ is used to indicate people with a shared history. Black with a capital ‘B’ is used in its broad political and inclusive sense to describe people in Britain that have suffered colonialism and enslavement in the past and continue to experience racism and diminished opportunities in today’s society.

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  • In UNISON South West we have a number of self organised groups. These include: -Women's -LGBT+ - Black Members - Young Members - Disabled Members - Retired Members
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