So pleased that over 70 organisations have signed our Independent Age pledge to tackle pension poverty - do listen to Rustie Lee and join them ⬇️

UNISON - UK's largest union Josie Irwin Gloria Mills

Oh my goodness. Looking at my old article about the cost of care homes. Those were the good old days five or six years ago when the cost was a fraction of what it is now. And the position of women carers is not much better. 🙄
theconversation.com/the-ageing-pop… via The Conversation

The early education sector needs support but it is not beyond repair - with the right funding model, structure and workforce strategy, the next few years are a chance to stabilise and revitalise the system, to lay the foundations of long-term reform.

Low pay, poor working conditions, no career path. A predominantly female workforce so undervalued a workforce strategy isn't a priority. Yet we know children's outcomes are profoundly impacted by early years interventions. What a mess! Early Education and Childcare Coalition

I'm proud to work for the trade union that did so much to win a statutory minimum wage.

We can rightly value that success, at congress, conference, and the ballot box. It took wins at all three.

And I'm proud we're still not satisfied with the settlement for working people.

The Ombudsman report on #WASPI women isn't some distant problem: it's real-life stuff affecting pensioners who’ve suffered injustice, so I asked the Minister to make sure they aren't left waiting any longer #WASPI Campaign

Opinion: Why the fight for Waspi pension justice is far from over unison.org.uk/news/article/2…

A whole generation of women have been badly let down by successive governments, instead of enjoying retirement, many are in abject poverty. Unacceptable. The Government must compensate them without delay.

As we celebrate #NeurodiverseWeek , Coram Family and Childcare annual #childcare survey released today shows that even if childcare services are available, #send faces accessibility barriers to childcare provision across the UK. The gap for #send is growing at an alarming rate year on year.…

Solidarity on IWD: Inspirational women on the picket lines across the South West - UNISON South West southwest.unison.org.uk/news/regional-…

A special happy #InternationalWomensDayto all the quiet, invisible women carers out there, who day in day out provide love, complicated and exhausting personal care and companionship to people who need them. Society would crumble without you. ❤️🌟x

It was great to start #IWD2024 speaking on behalf of UNISON - UK's largest union about Abortion Rights at TUC Women's Conference ✊🏼✊🏼

A big day today- the opening of Sarah Chapman House in Mile End to commemorate my great grandmother’s part in the Matchgirls Strike. The first of many individual tributes and another in the series of collective memorials to the fabulous and groundbreaking strikers #matchgirls1888

What is the point of another ET fees scheme?

Great article in Law Society Gazette
from UNISON head of legal Shantha David
on the government's proposal to reintroduce Employment Tribunal fees - currently open for consultation.
lawgazette.co.uk/practice-point…

Research from Action for Children finds 300,000 families who are in full-time work are living in poverty.

Childcare is one of the biggest bills facing working families. Tackling this will help us tackle poverty & ensure the best start in life for children.

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The cost of childcare is is pricing women out of work or training to improve prospects. It's no wonder there is a staffing crisis in the NHS & social care UNISON - UK's largest union M A Y A O P P E N H E I M 💃🏻 ✍️ Early Education and Childcare Coalition

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