Eastbourne Trades Council: May 2021

Wednesday 5 May 2021

Trades Council AGM Tuesday 11th May

The Annual General Meeting of the Eastbourne Trades Council will be held on Tuesday 11^th May, at 7.30pm via Zoom. Please register here

1. Introductions and apologies for absence

2. Minutes of the last AGM from 2019 (2020 was cancelled due to Covid)

3. Adoption of Rules for 2021 (proposal is same as for 2019) and new affiliates.

4. Officers' Reports and Accounts

5. Election of Officers for 2021-2 (following a resolution of the 2018 AGM, nominations for officer positions must be received before the meeting, and will be circulated on Monday 10^th May)

a) Chair
b) Vice Chair
c) Secretary
d) Assistant Secretary
e) Treasurer
f) Additional non-officer members of the Executive Committee, if required

6. External Affiliations for 2021 (Last year: East Sussex CATC, National Pensioners' Convention, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Stand up To Racism)

7. Guest Speaker- TBC striking teacher from Peacehaven Heights invited

8.. Dates of meetings for 2020-1

9. Presentation of the Len Caine Award to Julie Hart

If you would like to stand for election as an officer, pplease let the Secretary know by Monday.

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.