The trades unions – without exception, as far as I’m aware – have for the past few years been completely captured by gender ideology. Perhaps now they’ll start giving the matter a bit more thought. From the Telegraph:
Britain’s biggest trade union broke the law by allowing a transgender woman to run for a senior female role, a watchdog has ruled.
Unison broke its own rules and defied the Supreme Court ruling on gender when it let a biological male run for a seat that was ring-fenced for women on its national executive committee (NEC) last May.
A complaint against Unison, which represents more than 1.3 million public service workers, has been upheld by the trade unions regulator.
Stephen Hardy, the certification officer, said in his decision that the case had been “a complex and sensitive matter”. He called on trade unions “to ensure that they review their rules, procedures and guidance”.
The Supreme Court ruled in April 2025 that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred to biological sex.
The ruling, which applied retrospectively, meant Unison’s decision to allow a biological male to run for a female-only seat in February 2025 broke its own election rules.
It also breached the section of the trade union act that requires unions to enforce their rules, according to the regulator.
Now lawyers for the complainant, Stephen Flaherty, a Unison member, have written a letter to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) asking it to tell its unions to review their guidance on sex-based issues.
Addressing Paul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, Paul Conrathe, a solicitor, wrote: “The TUC is uniquely placed to lead that process.
“As the umbrella body for the trade union movement, it can ensure affiliated unions understand that sex-based rules, reserved seats, representative structures and guidance must now be reviewed against the Supreme Court’s ruling.
“This should not be left to individual disputes. A movement-wide review would promote legal certainty, good governance and confidence that unions are applying the law as it now clearly stands.”
Given the outspoken opposition to the EHRC ruling by Unison leader Andrea Egan, and her “unqualified support for trans workers”, I’m not holding my breath.
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