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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Unison training session on how to be a trans ally

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Karensalright · 02/03/2024 23:11

My husband tells me unison has offered this course again, on zoom and there has been a lack of interest this year. Hope It is an indicator of public “yes whatever”

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IcakethereforeIam · 02/03/2024 23:15

There needs to be a SEEN set up for unions.

axolotlfloof · 02/03/2024 23:16

How to be a trans ally?
Cognitive dissonance and blinkers.

PinkFrogss · 02/03/2024 23:17

Do they have anything for supporting actual women or disabled people in the workplace? 🤔

As a side note I’ve found them absolutely useless and ended my membership 2 years ago…interesting to see where my money was going

Karensalright · 02/03/2024 23:39

My husband has not peaked yet but this bollocks might help him on his way lol

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Karensalright · 02/03/2024 23:48

Am a trade unionist, i don’t recall any training courses on how to be a woman’s ally or a gay ally back in the day when this was an emerging issue for law and workplace right's.

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SaffronSpice · 03/03/2024 00:41

My cousin’s union thought it a perfectly sensible solution for her organisation to choose the five women on maternity leave/pregnant to sack.

Waitwhat23 · 03/03/2024 07:42

In my sector, people have left all the unions in droves because they are worse than useless. The fact that the unions are hopelessly captured just cements that decision.

Summerhillsquare · 03/03/2024 07:45

Union membership has slightly increased in recent years, however concentrated in certain sectors where they've been successful with pay campaigns. I doubt this is a factor either way, people are just generally disinterested in the trans awareness stuff. It's poorly attended at my workplace.

bonnieweelass · 03/03/2024 08:54

No longer a Unison member.
To a PP - I used to sit on the unison disabled workers committe.
Until it started to be less about disability and more about supporting LGBTQ+ members. Sure, many of them could also be disabled, but I felt disability just wasn't / isn't an area of concern anymore.
Every zoom meeting was just shouty people and very rarely anything that actually mattered.
I spoke to a Unison friend recently who compared GC beliefs to racism and disability discrimination that I've experienced. I respected that person so much and I feel really let down by them now.

HoneyButterPopcorn · 03/03/2024 09:20

To be an ‘ally’ then surely the premise is that a certain group is underprivileged, in danger, has no voice… 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

SinnerBoy · 03/03/2024 16:54

An ally, someone who can amplify the voice of the loudest, most aggressive gobshites.

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