The present Con Dem Government while espousing sounds around the issue of ‘liberties’ does not regard equality and fairness as so important in its cuts and efficiencies agenda. Within the Equality Act 2010, it obliges all Government departments to undergo Equality Impact Assessments on all its policies and their subsequent impact upon Black workers, women […]
Conference motions
Conference notes the introduction of the recent UNISON Race Discrimination Claims Protocol and the invitation to include more Black members in the Race Advisory Panels that assess race cases. However, though we accept that greater participation of Black members in this process is an improvement on previous practice, it must be noted that in most […]
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 […]
UNISON Black Members deplore the continued illegal imprisonment of the Miami Five in the USA and notes the 2008 Amnesty International Report’s condemnation of the appeal process and the denial of the human right of visitation rights to the families of the Miami Five. The Miami Five are Cuban men who are in a US […]
This Conference notes that since vesting day the National Black Members Committee (NBMC) have consistently elected from within its own committee, representation to National Delegate Conference (NDC). This is despite nominations from regions being submitted for consideration. This Conference believes that this course of action denies the wider membership of the National Black Members Conference […]
Conference, 2010 is the tenth anniversary of the EU’s adoption of the Race Equality Directive – and yet throughout Europe there has been an alarming rise in racist rhetoric, the targeting of Black communities and migrant communities as well as the exploitation of racism by some European Governments to deflect public attention from recession and […]
This conference strongly condemns the brutal attacks on the Public Sector by the Con Dem Government and the disproportionate effects it is having on Black people and Black communities. Black unemployment, already high before the recession, has increased sharply. ·For African-Caribbean people it has risen from 13% in 2002 to 15.4% by June 2010. ·For […]
Conference notes in a Channel 4 documentary titled “Unreported World” how the programme revealed the tight grip that tobacco manufacturers have on the Malawi people. Most major brand cigarettes are produced using Malawian tobacco owing to its preferred texture. According to a BBC news report Malawi accounts for 140,000 tonnes of the world’s annual output […]
Conference notes that almost 50% of Black people aged between 16-24 were unemployed compared to white young people. Conference believes that this situation is unacceptable and diminishes dreams and hopes, The Coalition Government must address youth unemployment problem and redirect public spending funds to resolve the plight of young Black people by giving this matter […]
Conference notes that: Migrant workers are constantly undervalued, deskilled, overworked, and underpaid within the labour workforce. Migrant workers continue to work in substandard conditions taking employment well below their knowledge and abilities simply to survive. Migrant workers currently comprise only 13% of the British workforce but make a critical contribution to the UK economy. Migrant […]
Conference, 0n 16th December 2009, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in conjunction with the Government Office (GEO) produced a report that confirm a marked increase in the unemployment rate of Black people during the 2008 recession. Members of the Caribbean and African community have seen unemployment levels rise by 6.9% from 13.2% in […]
Conference, Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia are inherited, genetic conditions which is caused by both parents being carriers of the haemoglobin otherwise known as the S gene, for thalassaemia its either A – Alpha or B- Beta. If both parents are carriers there is a 1 in 4 chance of any children produced within the relationship […]
Conference notes that since the Conservation/Lib Dem Coalition Government came into power there have been announcements of excessive cuts to public spending amounting to £1.166bn. The Area Based Grants available to Birmingham City Council via the Department for Education would normally be £31 .638 million this is set to be reduced to £7.582 million 24%. […]
Conference believes that young Black people are amongst those most likely to suffer as a consequence of the damaging policies being pursued by the Con-Dem Government. Conference also believes that: ·the job losses predicted by the Treasury of up to 600,000 jobs in the public sector and up to 700,000 in the private sector will […]
Conference is concerned about the plight of the South African girls highlighted in Channel 4’s Dispatches titled “The Lost Girls of South Africa”. The programme followed four girls aged 11 and 13 struggling to come to terms with their rape and the social stigma attached to it. From the comments posted on the Channel 4 […]