Equalities

The POA are entitled to send 10 delegates to the TUC Black Worker’s Conference which will be held at The Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth from 24th -26th April 2026. 

Please note the Women TUC Conference 2026 will be held at the Bournemouth International Centre from 4 – 6 March 2026 and not Congress House as stated in POA Circular 064/2025 dated 2 October 2025. Sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused.

The POA are entitled to send 10 delegates to the Women’s TUC Conference which will be held at Congress House in London.

Jackie Marshall NEC recalls women who stood together

 

The POA was proudly represented at the Black Workers’ Conference organised by the Trade Union Congress (TUC).

It was a pleasure to have a delegation of six people attend the TUC LGBT+ conference.

The above workshop will be held from Tuesday 18 – Thursday 20 November 2025 at the Quorn Grange Hotel, Wood Lane, Quorn, Loughborough.

Gatelodge talks to Danielle Piper about her time at the 2024 POA Supporting Women in the Workplace Workshop

 

Jackie Marshall NEC reports on the 3rd POA Supporting Women in the Workplace Workshop

 

Delegates agree that societies must work together towards a more inclusive and equal future. Jackie Marshall NEC reports from Northern Ireland meeting curtailed by Storm Éowyn

 

Representing over 30,000 Prison, Correctional and Secure Psychiatric Workers, the POA is the largest UK Union in this sector, able to trace its roots back more than 100 years.