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Latest updates from UCU's campaigning for equality for all.

  • 13 June 2023

    UCU is shocked and alarmed by the decision to sentence a mother-of-three to 28 months in prison for using abortion pills to end her own pregnancy. This case highlights…

  • 21 April 2023

    Fraternal greetings to the trade unions and civilian groups in Sudan. With great despondency and tremendous concern, we have followed the current catastrophic descent…

  • 24 June 2022

    UCU Scotland has responded to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Scottish Parliament's Equality, Human Rights and Civil Justice…

  • 10 June 2022

    There was an alarming report in March 2022, that the Hackney police force put a 15-year-old young Black girl through the ordeal of a strip and search at the instigation…

  • 7 March 2022

    Statement from the UCU black members' standing committee Not long ago, the whole world was in uproar over the brutal murder of George Floyd in the USA. This murder…

  • 3 February 2022

    Recent interventions by the Equality and Human Rights Commission concerning the rights of trans and non-binary people are deeply concerning.

  • 1 December 2021

    The Disability Employment Charter sets out concrete aims and objectives to redressing the current imbalance and is in response (in part) to the government's National…

  • 18 November 2021

    Please remember to share any activity to mark this year's Day of Action for Disability Equality held Wednesday 24 November. In addition, use our resources for continued…

  • 17 November 2021

    The Disability Employment Charter sets out concrete aims and objectives to redressing the current imbalance and is in response (in part) to the government's National…

  • 10 November 2021

    The UK government's long awaited National Disability Strategy sets out its plans on improving the lives of disabled people. Unfortunately, the strategy is hugely…