- Conference
- 2021 National Disabled Members' Conference
- Date
- 8 July 2021
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes UNISON’s ground-breaking Race Discrimination Protocol which means that cases that potentially involve racism are referred for legal advice at an early stage.
Conference welcomes UNISON’s commitment to fighting racism in this way and notes that for many Black disabled workers it may not be clear if they are being discriminated against because of their race or because they are disabled – or even because of both.
Conference further recognises that under Rule K it is the NEC who makes decisions around representation of members.
Notwithstanding this, conference asks the National Disabled Members Committee to seek legitimate ways of raising the potential benefit of a disability discrimination protocol with the NEC that are within the rules of the union and respect the NEC’s decision making in these matters.