- Conference
- 2007 National Black Members' Conference
- Date
- 19 January 2007
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes there is a clear need for Black workers who are not active to become active in the trade union movement to do so in whatever way they can.
Branches need to approach this by identifying issues of concern for all members in the workplace from a race perspective. Issues such as access to training, continuous professional development, promotion/career progression and acknowledgement of their skills in the workplace are an obvious starting point for such an approach.
Conference believes all across our service groups Black members are facing job losses, reduction in access to training, increased discrimination, so why is collective bargaining for us as Black members such a challenge for our union.
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and its requirements in terms of monitoring and evidence of good practice or not as the case may be must be used more effectively by branches and UNISON officers.
Conference asks that the National Black Members Committee (NBMC):
1.ensures all Regional Black Members Committees seek to work with the relevant branches to explore and develop a branch strategy for collective bargaining around race discrimination;
2.seeks to work with the National Executive Council (NEC) to ensure that they obtain agreement from all Regional Secretaries to include in their Regional Strategic Business Plan an ongoing target for monitoring branch approaches to collective bargaining on race issues;
Seeks a commitment from the NEC to call on branches and regions to use the CASE system more effectively in identifying potential collective bargaining issues from a race discrimination perspective.