Darlington Nursing Union
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First of its kind trade union to protect the dignity of women in the workplace. Contact [email protected]
Joined February 2025
This is our incredibly brave colleague, and friend Karen who has recently shared her story with the media. We are so proud of her and feel privileged to have her stand with us ❤️.
(1) MAJOR BREAKING STORY ON THE DARLINGTON NURSES. This is why it is untenable for men to have access to female changing rooms in the NHS. Karen Danson, a Darlington nurse, anonymous until now, has gone public on her chilling story on how, after saying that she has experienced
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Enough is enough. The UK's biggest trade union.@unisontheunion no longer supports women who don't want to undress in front of men at work. The Darlington Nurses have therefore faced no alternative but to start their own union to protect women in the workplace. Their case,
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Fife nurse, Sandie Peggie, joins the Darlington Nursing Union. Welcome Sandie!
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After the Darlington nurses went public with their story, they were informed that their ward manager’s office was being cleared out and would become a ‘temporary’ locker room for anyone uncomfortable getting undressed in front of a man. The ‘locker room’ had nothing in it other
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NHS nurse, Jennifer Melle, joins the Darlington Nursing Union. Welcome Jennifer! .
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Told to 'compromise', 'be more inclusive' and get 're-educated' for not wanting to get undressed in front of a man at work. Watch the Darlington nurses discuss their story.
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We are thrilled that the Supreme Court has used common sense: sex is biological. We all knew this anyway and we shouldn't have needed the highest court in the land to make this declaration. Now it's time for @wesstreeting to protect women's safe spaces in the NHS all across the
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Thank you very much for the support and raising awareness, @jk_rowling , it means a lot.
Women are organising. Now is the time for every political party to decide whether it wishes to protect the rights of 51% of the population, or continue to pander to gender activists.
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A reminder that the President of @unisontheunion @UNISONSteve described the Darlington nurses not wanting to get undressed in front of a man as 'anti-trans bigotry.' .
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Thank you to everyone who has followed us so far, sent messages of support and made enquiries. We really appreciate it and are working through replying to all of you😀.
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Act now @wesstreeting . There is no 'nuance' or 'complexity'. It is very simple and clear.
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'Bethany Hutchison, who is a Darlington nurse and President of the DNU, told the Mail: ‘Sandie Peggie is a DNU member, and we stand with her as she fights for her rights as a woman and as a worker to have reasonable working conditions.''.
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BREAKING: Darlington nurses win legal battle over media reporting the identity of trans colleague for up and coming employment tribunal hearing. Employment Judge Langridge concluded that the application for anonymity was "unsupported by anything concrete at all.”. The full
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“Thank you again to our many supporters. “We see you and hear you and are delighted to stand with you.”.
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Delighted to meet with @KemiBadenoch to discuss the case. She has made this statement:. "A woman should never be forced to get undressed in the presence of a man. The case of the Darlington Nurses is yet another example of women being demonised and patronised for raising
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Thank you @KemiBadenoch for mentioning the Darlington nurses' legal battle in the House of Commons today.
Labour had a chance to admit they got it wrong. Instead, Keir Starmer told Bridget Phillipson to gaslight the Commons with a shameless rewrite of history — pretending Labour had always been on the side of women. Nobody bought it. They claimed the govt accepts the Supreme Court
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The Darlington nurses ready to go into court this morning for a preliminary hearing in Newcastle. Find out more on what is happening today and how the NHS Trust are seeking to delay justice for the nurses.
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“There is no place for gender ideology in the NHS. These brave nurses have my full support in their fight to restore common sense to an environment where single sex spaces should be non-negotiable.”.
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'Mr Streeting could resolve this issue very quickly.'. The Darlington nurses met health secretary, Wes Streeting, in October after he said he was 'horrified' by their case. Following the meeting, and at Mr Streeting's request, the Darlington Nursing Union, submitted proposals
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'Like a pastel-version of Reservoir Dogs, five women walked into court this week ready for battle. Their legal fight will be one of the defining cases of the decade and will take four weeks to thrash out'.
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This is what 're-education', 'compromise' and being 'more inclusive' looks like.
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The Darlington nurses met with @KemiBadenoch in Westminster last night. She has said she fully supports the nurses and that there is 'no place for gender ideology' in the NHS. Find out more👇.
(1) BREAKING: @KemiBadenoch meets Darlington nurses and says: ‘There is no place for gender ideology in the NHS’. Following the meeting at Portcullis House in Westminster, the leader of the Conservative Party said: “A woman should never be forced to get undressed in the presence
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Well this interesting. who do they think they are kidding? . These are the pledges @unisontheunion made last month at their 'Women's Conference', where they declared that 'trans women are women'. You cannot ride two horses at once.
Standing in solidarity with women everywhere. As the largest women’s organisation in the country, we’re celebrating 50 years of the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act this International Women’s Day. UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea
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'Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere'. Millicent Fawcett
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Darlington Nursing Union representatives were there to support Jennifer.
(1) BREAKING: Christian nurse SUSPENDED by NHS for telling her story after being investigated for calling transgender paedophile ‘Mr’. The convicted paedophile, ‘Mr X’, is in a high security male prison after multiple convictions for luring boys into sex acts while pretending to
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We really appreciated the opportunity to meet. This could all be resolved very quickly. .
@VictoriaPeckham I support the nurses and I’m horrified that they’ve had to resort to legal action. We’ve got to find a better way through this and I’d be happy to meet them. We’ve got to find a way through that treats trans people with respect and respects women’s safe spaces.
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'Trans ideology is now so deep-rooted in the health service that friends of mine are terrified of going to hospital.'
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'Ms Forbes, the deputy first minister, said the provision of female-only areas such as lavatories and changing rooms was a “critical part of how we protect women”.'.
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The Darlington nurses on ITV last night
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Meanwhile @wesstreeting told The Sun: "By definition trans women are trans women. "I have always and will always respect people's identities and I have no trouble whatsoever referring to trans women by their names, referring to them as women as shorthand, or using pronouns like
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Find out more about the nurses' courageous stand so far, which has involved extensive local, national and international media coverage, plus meetings with the government and backing from JK Rowling: . YouTube interview: Sky News:
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'NHS Fife could face “enforcement” action to protect women’s safe spaces, a watchdog has warned.'.
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On Sky News last night responding to the Supreme Court ruling. What do you make of the Trust's statement?
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'The nurses said that it means that NHS medics will “continue to suffer and be discriminated against” as the Government tries to “ride two horses at once”.'.
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Front page of the Northern Echo today. Will the Trust comply?.
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Darlington nurse, Lisa Lockey, on GB News last night with @MartinDaubney discussing the silence from the government on the Supreme Court ruling. .
'There's nothing to stop him from just implementing the policy!'. NHS Nurse Lisa Lockey calls on Wes Streeting to break his silence after the Supreme Court trans ruling.
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The nurses met with Wes Streeting in October where he said he believed sex is biological and that he wanted to see that fact reflected in the day-to-day running of the NHS under his watch.
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