  St Andrew’s Day March and Rally Against Racism We demand change! Saturday, 26 November 2022 Assemble 10.30 am: Glasgow Green March off 11.00 am Rally 12 noon: Renfield Centre, Bath Street Bring your banners and flags! This is a crucial year for the fight against racism. The Sheku Bayoh Family Justice Campaign needs our continuing support, we must fight the racist UK Government immigration policy and rhetoric. And we face a cost of living crisis and attacks on pay that disproportionately impact black workers. Mobilise for the march and rally Forward this email to branches Request printed copies of the 2022 poster by emailing info@stuc.org.uk Posters and Social media assets will be available from 10th November on the STUC website Join STUC’s dedicated mailing list for the Support the Sheku Bayoh campaign Visit the STUC’s Sheku Bayoh Family Support website for details of the vigil on 22nd November and other events Individuals can donate to the campaign through the Justice for Sheku Bayoh crowdfunder set up by the family. Unions, union branches, and other organisations can send cheques payable to STUC, 8 Landressy Street, Glasgow G40 1BP (please mark the envelope ‘Sheku Bayoh Family Justice) or email info@stuc.org.uk for bank transfer details. |
Category: Racisim
Show Racism the Red Card
UNISON has always been a strong supporter of the work of Show Racism the Red Card (SRtRC) and its campaigns to help eradicate racism from our society. We need the help of you and your branch to ensure this work can continue in 2022 and hope you can find time to offer practical and financial support. This coming Friday, 21st October 2022, SRtRC will hold its annual ‘Wear Red Day’ with over 370,000 people already registered to take part! Please choose the link below to access the page.
Free Online Event ‘Spotlight on Business and Human Rights’ Tues 15 June 10am-12.30pm
Scrutiny’ – relevant to so much in public services around human rights issues, domestically and internationally.
New human rights law in Scotland, public spending and procurement and supply chains, tackling corruption, and how the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights can help promote transparency, accountability and scrutiny.
These are all on the agenda for this important free online event on Tuesday 15 June ‘Spotlight on Business and Human Rights – Transparency, Accountability & Scrutiny’ – relevant to so much in public services around human rights issues, domestically and internationally.
Please do attend, if of interest, and/or pass details on to all you think may be interested. Full info, including a leaflet if of use, and registration link are here https://unison-scotland.org/free-online-business-human-rights-event-tues-15-june/
The direct registration link is here on Eventbrite.
The event is organised by the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland and supported by UNISON. Peter Hunter, Head of Organising, will be chairing and Gemma Freedman, from our International Unit in London, will be speaking on campaigning at UK level for a human rights due diligence ‘Failure to Prevent’ law. (More on this here https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2021/05/unison-demands-human-rights-due-diligence-law-for-supply-chains )
Show Racism the red card
| EQUALITY TRAINING |
| We have worked with 580 adults across Scotland as part of inclusive digital workplace sessions. These workshops have ranged from introductions to identifying the many forms racism can take in the workplace, to more intermediate level sessions on intersectionality and challenging structural systems of oppression. |
| FOOTBALL ACADEMIES |
| With at least three incidents of racist abuse reported by Scottish football clubs in the past month, the rise in social media abuse highlights the ease of which anonymous individuals can target people for their ethnicity, religion or nationality without fear of repercussions. We are thrilled to be working with Livingston captain Marvin Bartley on upcoming educational films on online abuse and taking the knee. |
| For a little Monday morning lift… we received a donation just before Christmas. A pupil from a school in Edinburgh we had visited asked his friends to, instead of giving him birthday money this year, to donate to Show Racism the Red Card. Read the full story here. |
| HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED |
| With more than 2,200 incidents of racist bullying recorded over the last three years – representing just those that have been reported and recorded – the demand for anti-racist educational support is as high as it’s ever been. We want to help. We are working with young people and teachers over Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom. Last year following our workshops, 81% of participants indicated they were more confident identifying and challenging racism. Help us to share our Creative Competition to schools and councils – this is a great, free initiative that teachers can use to introduce anti-racism while learning-from-home. The deadline is 7th May 2021. |
| We also have an exciting opportunity to join our team on an initial 21hrs per week contract. As a charity, we don’t have an ad budget therefore we rely on our supporters to share this across their relevant networks. We would be truly grateful if you could help us promote this new role. |
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