Black and ethnic minority

The TUC Black Worker’s Conference will be held from the 27th to 29th April 2012.

You can read about previous TUC Black Worker's Conferences here.

More details will be added as we receive them.

National Black & Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committee meetings:

22 June
14 September
16 November

All to be held in Thompsons Conference Suite commencing at 14.00 hours.

More details will be added as we receive them.

National Black & Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committee meetings:

22 June
14 September
16 November

All to be held in Thompsons Conference Suite commencing at 14.00 hours.

More details will be added as we receive them.

National Black & Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committee meetings:

22 June
14 September
16 November

All to be held in Thompsons Conference Suite commencing at 14.00 hours.

More details will be added as we receive them.

Date - 14th & 15th March 2012 (commencing 14.00 on 14th)
Venue – Bernie Grant Centre, Tottenham, London.

More details will be added as we receive them.

RMT Council of Executives decision:

That we affiliate to this organisation. We instruct the General Secretary to send the £100 affiliation fee and the Council of Executives through consultation with the Black & Ethnic Minority Members’ Advisory Committee send a delegate on behalf of this Union.

RMT Council of Executives decision:

That we note the programme of events due to take place on 12th September 2011 and thank everyone who put all the hard work and effort in on this subject.

RMT Council of Executives decision:

The General Secretary is instructed to:-

1. Seek legal advice to bring back to the Council of Executives regarding eligibility to work (such as passports).
2. Produce a ‘Know Your Rights’ leaflet once we have the legal advice produced for members.
3. The General Secretary to write to all Regional Organisers to find out how wide the immigration check problem is in their areas.
4. The General Secretary to initially contact TfL/LUL and this will widen to all companies where evidence exists that there are problems there as well.

An annual 'Vigil Against Hate Crime' is due to take place on Friday 28th October, 7.30pm-9pm in Trafalgar Square.

A 2-minute silence to remember all victims of hate crime will be observed at 8pm across the UK.

No To Hate Crime said “We believe that it is important to actively remember the victims of hate crime, to show our support to those who have had their lives changed forever by acts of hate. To state clearly that hate crime is not acceptable in our communities and that we need to work together to tackle this problem.”

The following resolution submitted by TFL No1 Branch was carried unanimously at the October 27th meeting of the Regional Council.

No to hate crime campaign 17-24-30.org are a non-profit making organisation that have been running vigils in Trafalgar square in October for the last two years. They are currently going through the process to achieve charitable trust status.

This region notes the importance of a collective stand against all forms of hate crime and the hard work done by 17-24-30.org to date.

This region resolves publicise the 17-24-30.org and the affiliation form.

A view of the work of the RMT National Black and Ethnic Minority Members' Advisory Committee and it's importance to the union

RMT Council of Executives decision:

That we note that this AGM decision has been carried out and that both the General Secretary and President addressed the Conference.

Any requests for financial support must be pre-authorised prior to any financial commitment.

RMT Council of Executives decision:

That we note the resolution and support efforts to ensure donations reach the people they are intended for. We continue to fully support TUC Aid and ITF appeals. We encourage members to donate through these organisations.

Further, we instruct the General Secretary to write to Haiti Now - Haiti First seeking more information on their campaign to hold internal charities to account.

The RMT's Black and Minority Ethnic committee are hosting an Anti-Slavery Day commemorative event. The event "Slavery - shame of the past and modern curse" will be held at The Brunei Theatre, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG (Nearest tube: Russell Square) on Monday September 12, at 17.30.

The nearest tube to the venue is Russell Square. (Map.)

There will be several speakers from all areas of the RMT as well as the High Commissioner for Saint Lucia and members of other unions.

RMT General Grades Committee decision:

We note the report on the equality strand of the review of London Underground’s OSP (job cuts). We endorse the detailed critique of the job cuts’ impact on equalities, which can be found on file. This critique highlights that London Underground:

• calculates station staffing levels without considering the needs of equality groups
• uses methods for collecting information, categorising passenger journeys and assessing data which are deeply flawed and fail to account for equality issues
  

Report to RMT stations representatives from Janine Booth

Summary:

• London Underground does not consider the needs of equalities groups when calculating its station staffing levels.
• LU's methods for collecting information, categorising passenger journeys and assessing data are deeply flawed and fail to account for equality issues.
• LU did not carry out an adequate Equality Impact Assessment before going ahead with the OSP, despite being obliged by law to do so. The revisions it has made to the EqIA since then are minor and wholly inadequate.
  

Branches and Regional Councils are invited to submit items for consideration at the above meeting. Such items should deal solely with matters affecting black and ethnic minority members and must not seek to determine Union policy. I would point out that the Committee cannot authorise the progression of claims. Branches submitting items for the agenda must inform their Regional Council of the content.

Branches and Regional Councils are reminded that observers are also welcome to attend the Advisory Committee, although expenses cannot be paid in this regard.