Disabled workers face “living standards emergency”
Latest Office of National Statistics figures show disabled workers now earn on average £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees.
TUC Disabled Workers' Conference 2022
NUJ delegates joined trade union colleagues to set the agenda to secure decent working opportunities for disabled workers.
Employers must turn their “ambitions” into real improvements for disabled workers
The NUJ called for the TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference to hold “employers’ feet to the fire”.
Disability History Month
Meet the NUJ’s Disabled Members' Council and take part in a host of TUC webinars to discuss the key workplace issues affecting disabled workers.
Unions can help broadcasters reverse their “woeful” record on diversity
More women are leaving broadcasting than joining and the representation of disabled people and diversity in senior positions is woeful, according to the UK’s industry watchdog Ofcom.
Ministers have missed chance to help disabled workers, says TUC
The government has failed to act on the disability pay gap and rights on reasonable adjustments.
TUC report finds seven in 10 disabled women say they have been sexually harassed at work
A survey found 68 per cent had been harassed, with one in eight leaving their jobs because of this.
NUJ statement on the Welsh Government Locked Out report about the impact of Covid-19 on disabled people
The Equality Council calls for scrutiny of the evidence that 68 per cent of Covid-19 related deaths comprised disabled people.
Locked out: liberating disabled people’s lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19
This report is about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disabled people.
NUJ backs the TUC's concerns over end of shielding
Union’s Disabled Members’ Council calls the UK’s government's decision a sick April Fool’s joke.
