Year of Disabled Workers

UNISON has made 2022 the Year of Disabled Workers.

UNISON want to use these 12 months to highlight the experience of our disabled members, the value they bring to our union and to the workplace, and to call for better enforcement of legal rights including the right to reasonable adjustments at work.

UNISON has around 200,000 disabled members and is the union for disabled workers. Over the 12 months, we aim to:

• Raise awareness of the social model of disability and the importance of changes to the workplace and working practices
• Explain what the disability pay gap and disability employment gap mean and how they can be addressed
• Increase our members’ confidence to self-define as disabled
• Increase the number of disabled activists in our union

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Disabled Parking at LJMU

Disabled Parking at LJMU

Since LJMU notified the staff that Disabled Parking at LJMU was no longer to be free. UNISON@LJMU has taken the lead in discussions with staff across the estate, with the aim to persuade LJMU to reverse this decision.

This is further disadvantaging members of staff who are already limited to how they travel to work. For many, driving is the only means available for them to attend work each day. To then force them to pay for the privilege, UNISON@LJMU feels this goes against Equality. Taking into account that in general Blue Badge Holders are mainly entitled to free parking facilities. 

It’s with great pleasure that working in cooperation with members of LJMU Staff across the university from various service teams, departments, and Staff Networks and also GMB and UCU that LJMU has announced that they have reversed this decision and Disabled Parking is to remain Free at LJMU.