UNISON Year of Disabled Workers 2022
- Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Motion reference: S6M-06755
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 15 December 2022
That the Parliament celebrates UNISON and its recognition of 2022 as the Year of Disabled Workers; understands that UNISON is using these 12 months to promote disability in the workplace by highlighting the experiences of its disabled members as well as the value and insight that they bring to the union and workplace; notes that, with 200,000 disabled members, UNISON calls for a greater enforcement of legal rights, including the fundamental right to reasonable adjustments at work; recognises that the main aims of the Year of Disabled Workers include raising awareness of the social model of disability and the importance of changes to the workplace and working practices, explaining the implications of the disability pay gap as well as how it may be addressed, increasing members’ confidence to self-define as disabled, and increasing the number of disabled activists in the union, and thanks UNISON for its continued representation of disabled workers, including in the Glasgow region.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Jeremy Balfour, Neil Bibby, Miles Briggs, Ariane Burgess, Alexander Burnett, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark, Bob Doris, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Christine Grahame, Rhoda Grant, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Richard Leonard (Registered interest)
, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Mackay, Ruth Maguire, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Carol Mochan, Edward Mountain, Paul O'Kane, Emma Roddick, Alex Rowley (Registered interest)
, Mark Ruskell, Colin Smyth, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Mercedes Villalba, Martin Whitfield