SUTR Trade Union Conference: Fighting For Anti Racist Workplaces

Stand Up To Racism campaigns against racism and the far right. We have been organsing mass campaigning against fascist Tommy Robinson and far right UKIP's in the EU election - saying "Keep  Racism out of the elections". We challenge Islamophobia, institutional racism, the scapegoating of immigrants for austerity and the far right whenever they try and organise. Stand Up To Racism organises the annual march against racism coinciding with UN Anti-Racism Day in March in conjunction with the TUC.

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Stand Up To Racism & TUC trade union conference: Fighting For Anti Racist Workplaces 
Sat 5 Feb 2022
Online event with plenaries & workshops

Fighting for anti racist workplacesOn Saturday 5 February trade unionists and workplace activists from across Britain will come together at the ‘Fighting for anti racist workplaces’ conference - hosted by the TUC and Stand Up To Racism - to talk about how we oppose the government’s racist offensive.🔥Speakers so far confirmed include:Christina McAnea UNISON general secretary Kevin Courtney NEU general secretaryMark Serwotka PCS general secretaryManuel Cortes TSSA general secretarySarah Woolley BFAWU general secretaryGloria Mills UNISON head of equalitiesSteve Hedley RMT assistant general secretaryIan Taylor CWU NEC/ North West Region chairShavanah Taj Welsh TUC general secretary Zita Holbourne PCS vice presidentAmarjite Singh CWU NEC/ South East Wales Amal secretaryTony Adams NUJ Black Members CouncilJuliana Ojinnaka UCU Black Members Committee chairMohammed Shafiq PCS Black Members Committee chair Glen Hart RMT Black &amp; Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee chairTaranjit Chana GMB RACEMel Mullings RMT Black &amp; Ethnic Minority Advisory CommitteeLee Baron Midlands TUC secretaryWinston Richards CWU London Region chairMatthew Creagh TUC Policy Officer for employment rightsMohammad Asif Afghan Human Rights FoundationLawrence Davies Belly Mujinga case lawyerNeomi Bennett Equality4BlackNurses Boris Johnson and Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders bill is attempting to effectively remove the right to seek asylum in Britain while the scapegoating of refugees and migrants continues. The government’s CRED report denied the reality of institutional racism exposed by the Black Lives Matter movement, despite the massively disproportionate death rate amongst black front line workers and communities. The government’s new police bill targets BLM activists and the GRT community and strengthens police powers despite the ongoing reality of black communities facing disproportionate use of stop and search and deaths in police contact. The government is playing the game of divide and rule, attempting to fool working people that ‘others’ - migrants, refugees and Muslims - are to blame for the problems in our society. This ‘divide and rule’ strategy legitimises racism and risks opening the door to the racist and fascist right.We need to take up these arguments in our workplaces and build the unity we need to oppose racism and austerity. The conference will discuss how we do this and how to maximise the trade union turnout at UN antiracism day events initiated by Stand Up To Racism and also supported by the TUC.

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