Putting race back on the agenda On the eve of The_TUC's BlackWorkersConference, Kate Bell kategobell says the union movement is committed to anti-racism
THE UNION movement is rightly proud of its record of winning for Black workers – but at times we have fallen short of our own high standards. To build a fighting antiracist trade union movement – and a truly inclusive trade union movement – unions need to change.
But both the trade union movement and individual unions still have some way to go to represent Black workers fully – and no union is exempt from institutional racism. All our commitments have been created alongside Black trade unionists and based on in-depth research in Black working lives. The actions are realistic and achievable – and we will meet them in the next five years.
Third, we will get our own house in order – making sure that unions are exemplary employers able to speak with credibility about the wider changes we need at work. Labour’s New Deal for Working People promises a ban on zero hour contracts and other pledges that would put more money in the pockets of tens of thousands of BME workers overnight and end work insecurity. Unions will be pushing to make sure the New Deal is front and centre in the manifesto. But we’re yet to see the details of Labour’s long-promised Race Equality Act.
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