SUTR Trade Union Conference: Fighting For Anti Racist Workplaces
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Fighting for anti racist workplaces
On 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 secretary
Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary
Manuel Cortes TSSA general secretary
Sarah Woolley BFAWU general secretary
Gloria Mills UNISON head of equalities
Steve Hedley RMT assistant general secretary
Ian Taylor CWU NEC/ North West Region chair
Shavanah Taj Welsh TUC general secretary
Zita Holbourne PCS vice president
Amarjite Singh CWU NEC/ South East Wales Amal secretary
Tony Adams NUJ Black Members Council
Juliana Ojinnaka UCU Black Members Committee chair
Mohammed Shafiq PCS Black Members Committee chair
Glen Hart RMT Black & Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee chair
Taranjit Chana GMB RACE
Mel Mullings RMT Black & Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee
Lee Baron Midlands TUC secretary
Winston Richards CWU London Region chair
Matthew Creagh TUC Policy Officer for employment rights
Mohammad Asif Afghan Human Rights Foundation
Lawrence Davies Belly Mujinga case lawyer
Neomi 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.