Practicing social worker Deb Solomon shares her experiences with dog whistles in the workplace. Deb is Chair of the BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers SIG and Co-Chair of the BASW Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group.
Social work students, with support from SWU and SASW, explained the challenges they face and the need for better bursary support in Scotland.
Narinder Sidhu, Professional Officer for BASW Cymru, writes on how social workers can be vigilant to racial dog whistles with recent examples of these coded messages.
Understanding how dog whistles work, how they affect vulnerable and marginalised communities, and how to diffuse them are important tools for social workers.
SWU and 20 other unions have signed the Migrant Workers’ Pledge condemning the Government’s attempts to ‘pit’ workers against each other and calling for urgent action to advance the rights of migrant workers.
SWU will be publishing a 4-part blog series on the topic of “dog whistles” in the run-up to LGBT+ History Month and Race Equality Week.
Social work students in England have secured support from the Social Workers Union Campaign Fund in their call for fairer bursaries.
11 campaigns launched by the SWU Campaign Fund and room for more!
The UK Government have confirmed plans to introduce anti-worker legislation that will require key public services to maintain a minimum level of service during union strike walkouts, severely blunting the impact of strikes. The UK already has the most restrictive Read more
The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Social Workers Union will be held online on Friday 29th September 2023 from 2pm – 4pm. This event is for SWU members only.