Black members Equalities

Raising Awareness of Racism in the Workplace

Scottish black members committee have produced this video on raising awareness of racism and racial discrimination in the workplace.

UNISON – Raising Awareness of Racism and Racial Discrimination in the Workplace on Vimeo

The Black members committee in Scotland report a 32% increase in registered black members and say they have seen over a 100% increase in activists and Black networks are being established in many more branches across Scotland – after a successful Year of Black Workers 2023.

The committee ran over 30 Year of the Black worker sessions with Scottish branches and groups. T

This is a fantastic achievement and testament to everyone who put in so much work over this last year. Thank you to everyone who helped, we now intend to build on this success.

The Black workers committee have also released a short video about the legacy of the YOBW2023which can be viewed on UNISON Scotland website and includes members talking about their experience of being black public services workers in Scotland
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