Eastbourne Trades Council: Regional Disabled Workers Conference

Monday, 18 March 2013

Regional Disabled Workers Conference

All local trade unionists are invited to apply to attend this conference, jointly run by SERTUC Disabled Workers Committee with SERTUC Young Members Network conference. Places are free, but application in advance is essential !

"Young Disabled People, employed and empowered?" is on Saturday 6 April from 11am to 3pm at Congress House, Great Russell Street, London.

Sessions include:-

Further and Higher Education: the specific challenges facing disabled young people with Jawanza Ipyana, National Union of Students
Panel Discussion: Employment, Policy and Good Practice in the workplace with Rob McCraken CWU and Jonathan Naess CEO Stand to Reason
Question Time: How the Paralympics' dream was destroyed by the cuts with Tara Flood, Paralympic Gold Medallist and Director of Alliance for Inclusive Education, Penny Pepper and Roger Lewis Disabled People Against Cuts, Rob McCraken and Jawanza Ipyana

This conference is free to attend, but registration is essential - please register with Joanne Adams at jadams@tuc.org.uk

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Trades Councils in the Community

Your union branch speaks up for your members and potentialmembers in the workplace. Whether it’s pay, rights at work, healthand safety or lifelong learning, your branch exists to get a better dealfor your members.

Unions also need to raise their voice in the world beyond the workplace when:
• the public services delivered and used by union members come under threat
• racists and fascists try to divide local communities
• local authorities seek to reduce democratic control of education or housing.

That’s where your local trades union council comes in. Trades councils bringtogether local union branches to campaign across a community on issuesthat matter to working people.

Facing closure?: Your trades council can provide practical support and solidarity.
Tackling racism? Your trades council can help unite local people against the haters.
Privatisation problems? Your trades council can help campaign for public ownership and democratic control.

Eastbourne Trades Council represents workers in public and private sector employment across the Borough of Eastbourne and the parish of Willingdon and Jevington.