Gloria Mills

Gloria Mills is National Secretary for equalities at UNISON and a member of the Senior Management Group.

She is a past president of the TUC – the first Black woman to be elected to this position and has held several senior positions in over 25 years working in trade unions. Gloria is a formidable campaigner and negotiator for workers’ and trade union rights, equality and human rights.

Gloria has served as a Commissioner on the Commission for Racial Equality and Commission on Older Women. Gloria is a member of the Executive Committee, Women’s Committee, Chair of the Race Relations Committee and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

She has been instrumental in campaigning for EU competence on equality and securing the European Union Article 13 Treaty of Amsterdam Race and Employment Framework Directives; leading development and implementation of work on the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry and Task Group and Unison's Equality and Race Strategy.

Gloria has a Masters degree in Business Administration and has written a range of articles and publications on equality, employment and institutional racism. In 2005, she was awarded the CBE for work on equal opportunities and the MBE in 1999 for services to the trade union movement.

In June 2018, Gloria was included in the Black Achievers Wall by Liverpool Museums

*Gloria is also part of the TUC Executive Committee.