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Scottish Black Members Committee
Report to the Scottish Council—10th
February 2007
Since the last report to the Scottish
Council, the Scottish Black members Committee continues
to implement two main objectives.
- To raise a positive profile of the Committee
within UNISON
- To increase involvement of Black members,
within Scottish UNISON
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Scottish Black Members Committee
Policy weekend
SBMC Policy weekend is taking place
on 23-25 February 2007 at Apex Hotel in Dundee.
We have drafted an action plan for discussion,
to decide how SBMC can best achieve its four priority
objectives. Mr Pav Akhtar UNISON National Equalities
Officer and Sofi Taylor NEC has kindly agreed
to facilitate the event and share information,
to ensure that the policy weekend is successful.
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Scottish Black Members Group's
Annual General Meeting
The Scottish Black Members Group's
AGM is scheduled to take place on 17 November
2007. No decision has been made regarding the
venue for the AGM.
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Black Members Training Weekend
UNISON Black Members Training Weekend
will be organised after consultations with black
members regarding their training needs. The training
event is likely to take place in September 2007.
The committee will seek support from Scottish
branches to send more and more new black members
to attend our training event.
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STUC BM Conference 2007
The committee will adopt the existing
procedure to and send elected black members to
represent UNISON on Scottish Trade Union Black
Members Conference likely to take place in September
2007.
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St Andrew's Day March
SBMC's presence the St Andrews Day
March 2006 received good media. SBMC aims to build
on its success, by strongly participating in St
Andrew's Day March 2007.
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National Black Member's Conference
National Black members Conference
took place in Liverpool from 19 to 21 January 2007.
UNISON Scotland branches supported our call, by
sending 6 delegates and 2 visitors from various
branches to the conference. SBMC is all praise for
UNISON Scotland / its branches for their commitment
to the effective participation of black members
at National level and Regional level. At the conference,
SBMC moved two motions which were unanimously carried.
I thank UNISON Scotland and the branches for their
on going support for Scottish Black Members Committee.
Ismail Donmez, Secretary SBMC
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