Blog: Deaf workers’ ignored in coronavirus pandemic

Coronovirus has been a massive challenge for all of us. But imagine you are a Deaf public services worker like us.
We’re UNISON members. Iain works for a local council and Gillian works in a hospital. And our first language is British Sign Language.
When coronavirus first hit, many Deaf people were very confused about what was happening. Unlike in Scotland, prime minister Boris Johnson’s daily press conferences haven’t had a live British Sign Language interpreter in t