Eastbourne Trades Council: March 2023

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

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Annual General Meeting 2023

The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Eastbourne Trades Council will be held on Tuesday 21st March, at the Tesco Community Space within the Tesco Extra, Lottbridge Drove, BN21 3PA. The meeting will commence at 7.30pm

All local trade unionists are encouraged to attend and take part in the meeting. Only delegates from affiliated unions may be nominated for officer posts, or vote on these.

THE AGENDA SHALL BE:

1. Introductions and apologies for absence

2. Minutes of the last AGM from 2022

3. Adoption of Rules and Subscription Levels for 2023 (proposal is to remain unchanged) and new affiliates.

4. Officers' Reports and Accounts.

5. Election of Officers for 2022-3 (following a resolution of the 2018 AGM, nominations for officer positions must be received before the meeting, and will be circulated on Monday 20th March)

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 2023 (Last year: East Sussex CATC, National Pensioners' Convention, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Stand up To Racism)

7.. Dates and venues of meetings for 2022-3

8. Any other urgent non-AGM Business

(a) Campaign Updates from unions
(b) Workers' Memorial Day 2023
(c) May Day

9. Presentation of the Len Caine Award

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.