- Conference
- 2011 National Black Members' Conference
- Date
- 7 September 2010
- Decision
- Carried
Following the election, this Government’s agenda is clear. They are attacking the public sector on the basis that we have all got to feel the pain. This is scapegoating those who provide the essential services to the most vulnerable in our society. The Big Society is just a front to erode public services and pass them on to the private sector with an accelerated marketization agenda.
Cuts in services hit the most vulnerable and most disadvantaged which are in predominantly Black communities, cuts in staffing levels always have a detrimental impact on Black workers and therefore Black members.
This Conference calls on the National Black Members Committee to:-
1.work with the National Executive Committee to ensure a Black voice is a permanent focus of the Million Voices Campaign.
2.Issue updated guidance on campaigning with Black Communities and Black Community Groups against the public sector cuts by June 2011.
3.Provide regular updates to regions and other relevant structures about successful Black focused ‘anti-cuts’ campaigning.
4.Work with the relevant National and Regional Structures to ensure that the Single Equality Act or the existing equality acts are effectively used as part of the challenge to proposed cuts.
5.Work with relevant structures in the Scottish region who have successfully used the ‘community impact assessment’ approach to challenge the Scottish Parliament when they have proposed school closures.