Trades Council Meeting: July 9th

The next meeting of Eastbourne Trades Council will be on Tuesday 9th July, 7.30pm at the Unite Eastbourne Centre (T&GWU), Grand Parade, Eastbourne.

Equal Pay- Fair Pay: Our History and the Future

Rather than a guest speaker "in the flesh" this meeting, we will be showing a 25 minute film produced by the TUC entitled Scenes from a Turbulent History- a documentary on equal pay since the 1880s. You may well have seen the movie Made in Dagenham- but this film and a super accompanying resource, uses real testimony from the working people who were actually there and brought about change.   The film is part of a resource pack on equal pay- and there will be an opportunity for the Trades Council to discuss if we want to make this resource available to others in Eastbourne.

There will also be an agenda item on the Living Wage Campaign, and an opportunity to decide whether, and how, the Eastbourne Trades Council could get involved.

All local trade union members, including retired trade unionists, are welcome to attend the meeting.

THE AGENDA WILL BE:

1. Introductions and apologies for absence
2. Approval of new affiliations.
3. Minutes of previous meeting and matters arising

4. Treasurer's Report- Gordon Dyer

5. Scenes From a Turbulent History- film showing
6. Living Wage Campaign- action in Eastbourne ?

7. Any other Campaigns: Colleagues invited to provide information on their Unions’ local and national campaigns, and any support that the Trades Council could give.
8. Trades Council Library

9. Any other business.

 

Apologies, or requests for agendas etc. in advance to the Secretary

Trades Councils Conference 2013

Dave Brinson, Secretary of Eastbourne Trades Council, attended the national Trades Councils Conference on 1st-2nd June at Congress House, London.

The conference was attended by delegates from trades councils from across Britain, and heard from guest speakers Frances O'Grady (pictured) the new TUC General Secretary, Bob Crow of RMT, and Bill Greenshields of the People's Charter.

Delegates also attended a range of workshops on campaigning issues, including community organising around austerity and welfare cuts, fighting the rise of the far-right, and on using the People's Charter as a campaigning tool.

The conference debated and passed a range of motions, both on industrial and government policy issues, and also on the resources and roles that the Trades Councils have within the TUC.  You can read the full range of motions that were passed by clicking here.

Dave was nominated for election to serve on the TUC Trades Councils Joint Consultative Committee, but was unsuccessful- Linda Kietz of Ealing Trades Council was re-elected. Dave would like to thank all those South East trades councils who voted for him.