Unison training session on how to be a trans ally

[Karensalright]

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”

There needs to be a SEEN set up for unions.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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