- Conference
- 2019 National Delegate Conference
- Date
- 4 February 2019
- Decision
- Carried
Conference believes that UNISON should celebrate Disability History Month on an annual basis.
Disability History Month was set up in 2010 to provide a platform to focus on the work that has been done to fight for equality for disabled people. Each year the month has a theme – for example, the 2018 disability history month ran from 22 November to 22 December and was themed around ‘Disability and Music’.
Our local committees, branches and self-organised groups can organise activities for their members and non-members during the month to mark and celebrate achievement, to learn and to understand more about the issues facing disabled people.
These events can help educate and raise awareness about disability but can also be useful to highlight the work of trade unions to encourage membership, participation and activism.
This motion seeks to raise awareness of this annual event and encourage branches and committees to plan and promote events.
Conference calls on the National Executive Council to:
1)Encourage branches and regional Disabled Members Committees to set a budget, organise, promote and share information about events. This information should be available in all accessible formats, where necessary, including British Sign Language (BSL);
2)Produce materials for use in regions and branches;
3)Encourage promotion of Disability History Month by highlighting events that have been held and sharing information about these on our website and in union journals.