The meeting welcomed new and old delegates and supporters, and also stood for a minute's silence in honour of the recently passed Tony Benn and Bob Crow.
Val Thomas (NASUWT) was re-elected as Chair, with Georgina Hazeldine (Unite) as Vice-Chair. Dave Brinson (NUT) was re-elected as secretary, and Gordon Dyer (Unite) as Treasurer.
The meeting welcomed new affiliates CWU (Southdowns, Weald and Rother branch) and RMT (East Sussex Coastway branch) to the Trades Council.
The meeting discussed priorities for the year- including support for:-
Workers Memorial Day, 28th April. We will again be collecting signatures for a remembrance card in the Town Centre during the weekend before, and will be writing to all churches and places of worship in Eastbourne, asking them to mark the day.
Hastings Trades Council's Five Days in May joint event with trade unionists in Dieppe, France. We will ensure that our banner is at the Hastings end, and will circulate information to all of our workplaces. Supporting the Save the DGH- Option 7 campaign. The "consultation" being carried out at the moment does not allow respondents to support maternity and paediatrics being multi-sited at both Eastbourne and Hastings. We will expose this sham of a consultation, and urge our members and supporters to actively campaign for consultant-led services at both sites.
The meeting also awarded the Len Caine Award to long-standing former Unite steward, health and safety officer and branch chair Ray Goree. Ray is unwell at the moment, so arrangements will be made to present him with his prize soon.
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