UNISON passes policy Trans Equality - Louder and Prouder

I've cancelled my membership off the back of this.

I don't believe they would support me if I were to be discriminated against on the basis of my beliefs.

God help anyone at work that states they believe in the material reality of sex and that men can't become women.

Nice to see them admit it so boldly...
Indeed, DeaconBoo!

Unison have been completely neutered - they are a union that cannot stand up for their members any longer.

Much as Stonewall became all about trans when they realised they’d won their battles but didn’t want to give up the well-paid cushy positions, Unison is trying to claim it is achieving something while actually doing nothing of any relevance to most of its paying members.

I almost joined a couple of years ago, but I investigated what they’d achieved recently and found it to be nothing. I almost wish I had joined so I could tell them why I’d be leaving.

I’m a member of Unison. Sadly, it’s the only union my employer recognises. But there’s no sign of Stonewall in my organisation yet.

One of my friends was a Unison rep for years, but she became disillusioned with them. She later joined Unite and said they were far better.

I used to work for them.

Very glad I don't anymore.

It's like ground elder, or bindweed. You think you've seen the last of it and it pops up again, somewhere else. Unions now, hey ho.

If the unions keep this up future governments won’t need to try and get punitive union busting legislation through. Members will have voted with their feet and these captured unions collapsed into a self-regarding circle jerk. Seriously as a union you have one job. One. Job. If you can’t represent and stand for all of your members, what’s the point of you existing?

Unison is not doing itself any favours here, is it?

A tainted union and, by association, Unison taints the Labour Party.

I am a Unison member by default (my professional body fees also pays Unison fees). Encouraging employers to become Stonewall champions is a nice touch there.

Personally I want the union and the rep to be more concerned about the fact that vast numbers of us are really worried about not being able to afford to go to work.

I am dismayed that the US far right myth is being peddled, they need to do better.

Sex is indeed real. What these people don't seem to understand is that possessing a penis and a pair of testicles, or even once having possessed a penis and a pair of testicles, makes you instantly much more powerful and dangerous to anyone who has never had a penis and a pair of testicles.

If only opinion-formers were to read J K Rowling's views, and those of the Daily Mail, more. Then they'd realise just how massively and unfairly powerful having a penis and a pair of bollocks can make a person.

I think we should all burst into tears more often to make the point.

So glad I gave up my Unison membership years ago. Apart from being absolutely useless when supporting employees through a grievance process, they have also made it clear that they hate women.

Jesus f-ing christ.

Captured, much?!

Any Unison members in this group?

"Spreading false information to provoke hatred and distrust by preying on people's fears" is a "classic far right recruitment tactic", apparently.

Nice to see them admit it so boldly...

This is so bad I would be cringing, except there are real consequences for people who believe sex is real and sometimes matters. Misogyny writ large.