Unison elections - female only seats are not so

Won't the EHRC deal with this?

Idk, I would assume the posts reserved for people with protected characteristics are meant to exist for the benefit of the members rather that for the committee members.

@FrodoTheBlueWhippet Today I received an email from our branch (which irritates me as I left but they still continue to email me) informing me of the local trans rights protests.

For godsake they really don’t give a fuck about women and girls.

Women don't have a right to be represented by a woman. The reason I don't think it's discrimination against women is because any woman can go for election. I would assume it's eligibility to be elected that's the grounds for discrimination rather than having representation.

I could be completely wrong though.

why do you think that? It’s not just the women candidates who are potentially discriminated against by having votes diverted from them, it’s the disabled women who won’t have the representation that this post is supposed to provide if this person is elected.

I don't think it would count as discrimination against women but maybe it could be classed as indirect as it makes it harder for a woman to win the seat.

@FrodoTheBlueWhippet this from another thread So you could send it here.

…and you want to whistleblow, post here on mumsnet or you can contact James Esses.
[email protected]
His post on X says this
I’m hearing increasing reports of organisations, private and public, seeking to undermine the Supreme Court judgment.
If your place of work is continuing to deny biological reality and you want to anonymously blow the whistle, please get in touch.
x.com/jamesesses/status/1915306058018427023?s=46

Definitely email. Don’t cancel yet - if this gets into the media then I am prepared to bet a sizeable donation to Sex Matters that the candidacy will be withdrawn within a week.

It’s not allowed since the SC judgement. If you’re on X share with TU SEEN

Also, there is a ‘Disabled Members General’ which is open to both sexes. The biological male could have gone for that instead of contesting a seat which is designated for a biological female.

I imagine it is immaterial whether Unison have their own special rules which they made to let a male to take a supposedly female seat. Those are similar to ‘golf club’ rules, and they cannot break the law.

It is a big FU from Unison to women, isn’t it? At women’s expense, and to women’s detriment.

They are.ive started a thread about it as unison have made me furious

The point is that there's nothing to stop employers or similar entities from discriminating against their female staff unless someone who is discriminated against takes a case to a tribunal/court. That is in, the absence of grown-ups wanting the companies, unions, etc to operate lawfully.

I think there's going to be a lot of trans activists in companies, unions, etc who will act to discriminate against women and will count on getting away with it. The goal will be to erode the force of the Supreme Court judgment away by means of discriminatory practices that are widespread and remain commonplace.

This^
You need to call this out as not legal/send it to the press.
Theres another thread on here with someone collecting evidence of organisations flaunting the law

Maybe before tearing up your ballot papers, vote for a legitimate candidate? How many ways is the vote for this post split? You’d hope that among the rank and file, people can spot who shouldn’t be standing.

Calling @knottyauty in case her Telegraph journalist might be interested?

Questions and contact information
70. If you would like any information or further explanation about this procedure or the
election, you can contact the Member Liaison Unit using the details below.
Phone: 0207 121 5399
E-mail: [email protected]

Looks like the rules are here:
https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2024/12/Election-procedures.pdf

12. Only members from specified categories, such as female seats and low pay reserved seats, can be nominated for those seats.

That directly contravenes the law as clarified by the Supreme Court.

If they offer a Women's Seat, it can only be for 'biological women' as set out in the ruling. If trans identifying men (with or without a GRC) can apply as "women" that discriminates against all other men because it is no longer a sex based segregation.

So either it's for only actual women or absolutely anyone can stand for that seat. There is no legal halfway measure that includes transwomen and real women following the ruling.

There are many perfectly lovely men. They are not entitled to a seat reserved for a biological woman, though.

Unison can gaslight women in passing motions that they believe that men are women if they claim to be. However, I thought the SC said that things for women and female have to be for that biological sex. Not some dude everyone if fawning over at the expense of women.

https://freespeechunion.org/trade-union-accused-of-silencing-women-by-pushing-trans-rights-agenda/