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Elane on the importance of Intersectionality

For me Disability History Month (DHM) means a chance to heighten our organising for equality; an opportunity to demand change and a chance to come together to celebrate our lives, learn from each-other and share our struggles.

Elane

Steven on improving equality for disabled workers

Disability history month is a time to reflect on the leaders of the past, and to remember the challenges faced and overcome by many activists throughout the years, and the lessons we can learn from those who have come before us.

Steven

Colleen on the importance of a diverse workforce in Education

Disability history month is very important to me because every year it reminds me of why I’m so proud to self-identify as disabled.

Colleen

How Ford’s striking women drove the Equal Pay Act

On 7 June, 1968 after a pay regrade that saw sewing machinists classed as “unskilled labour”, 187 of those machinists – all women – decided to walk out. Why? Because they’d been unfairly graded as a ‘B’, when men doing a similar job elsewhere in the factory were given a higher grade of ‘C’ – skilled labour.

Dagenham workers

Serge’s story: ”I felt nervous all the time”

Why the menopause is a trade union issue

The effects of menopause, cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome at work

Sexual harassment at work

Union case study: the changing nature of surveillance in the energy sector

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