Equalities

The city was awash with colour and noise as the LGBTQ+ community – including POA members – took to the streets for their annual celebration

 

Attending Manchester Pride 2024 was a powerful reminder of how far the LGBTQ+ community has come in the fight for acceptance and equality

 

The above workshop will be held from Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 November 2024 at the Quorn Grange Hotel, Wood Lane, Quorn, Loughborough.

Jackie Marshall NEC reports on the three-day TUC Women’s Conference that took place in March

 

The TUC is running some introductory courses for Black union members which are free, online, open to any Black member of a TUC affiliated union.

Gatelodge talks to Oana Coman about her time at the POA Supporting Women in the Workplace Workshop

 

Jackie Marshall, NEC reports on the POA’s second Supporting Women in the Workplace Workshop, 28-30 November2023

 

The POA is looking for delegates to attend the following TUC Equality Conferences 2024.

The Conference opened with Maria Exall the first out LGBT+ President of the TUC welcoming all delegates telling them that she wanted the Conference to have an “atmosphere of learning”.

 

Geoff Willetts, NEC reports on the TUC Disabled Workers Conference

 

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.