‘Let’s raise the bar,’ Christina McAnea tells Black members

UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea delivered a passionate speech at the union’s annual national Black members’ conference in Edinburgh this afternoon.
The conference, which runs until 22 January, is the first in-person Black members’ conference since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“COVID-19 revealed the truth, didn’t it?” Ms McAnea said. “Of institutional racism, for all to see. Black workers are more likely to be on the frontline, more likel