Equalities

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

 

Angela Montgomery, Assistant General Secretary, reports on the TUC Black Workers' Conference, which took place at Congress House on 26-28 April 2024.

 

The POA is seeking delegates to attend the following TUC Equality Conferences 2025.

The city was awash with colour and noise as the LGBTQ+ community – including POA members – took to the streets for their annual celebration

 

Attending Manchester Pride 2024 was a powerful reminder of how far the LGBTQ+ community has come in the fight for acceptance and equality

 

The above workshop will be held from Tuesday 19 – Thursday 21 November 2024 at the Quorn Grange Hotel, Wood Lane, Quorn, Loughborough.

Jackie Marshall NEC reports on the three-day TUC Women’s Conference that took place in March

 

The TUC is running some introductory courses for Black union members which are free, online, open to any Black member of a TUC affiliated union.

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.