Wednesday 30th September I attended my fifth Divisional Council meeting at the USDAW Redditch office.
Apologies were received from:
Gareth Davies - Holiday
Maureen Bowen - Conference
Maureen Bowen - Conference
Minutes from the previous DC meeting
We then read the minutes from the previous DC meeting. These were accepted.
Minutes of the recent EC meeting
We received the EC Minutes from Andrea.
There is a proposed membership contribution increase for membership scales A and C.
As in previous years this will be debated and voted on at ADM.
There will also be E.C statements at the 2016 ADM regarding -
Europe
Equalities
Politics
There will be a by-election in the North West due to a member of the E.C Leaving USDAW.
There will be a new Domestic Violence leaflet in production.
There is a proposed membership contribution increase for membership scales A and C.
As in previous years this will be debated and voted on at ADM.
There will also be E.C statements at the 2016 ADM regarding -
Europe
Equalities
Politics
There will be a by-election in the North West due to a member of the E.C Leaving USDAW.
There will be a new Domestic Violence leaflet in production.
Minutes from other Divisional Councils
We took a look at the minutes from other Divisional Councils. These were accepted.
Central office circulars and press releases
We looked through a selection of circulars from central office and a selection of press releases. These were accepted.
Federation reports
There were no Federation reports but it was noted that Paul white will be reporting back for the West Midlands Conference at the next meeting due to Kate Macleod being away on Hol.
Federation reports
There were no Federation reports but it was noted that Paul white will be reporting back for the West Midlands Conference at the next meeting due to Kate Macleod being away on Hol.
Divisional officers report
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.
Membership total - 439,719 nationally and 57,293 divisional.
Stand down - 161 reps since 1/1/2015
Who have signed up 1,459 new members.
We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.
(1) Paper work for the USDAW Organising Awards 2015 will be sent to all Divisional Council members two weeks before the next meeting to allow time to select our choice for each award..
(2) Labour party leadership team.
There is a new Labour party leadership team and we all need to give them our full support and work towards the next general election.
(3) National TUC rally in Manchester on 4th October.
There will be no transport due to not enough numbers attending from the Midlands. Those who are travelling to the rally have access to flags and USDAW will be taking the giant USDAW balloons, as have been used in previous TUC events.
The Divisional officers report was read and all points noted/endorsed.
East Midlands Regional Labour Party Annual Conference
we needed to select a delegation of four people from six applicants.
One of the delegation needed to be an Area Organiser.
We selected one Area Organiser and three members to attend the Conference.
We each voted for three members and the three with the most votes will be contacted.
Black and Asian Members Weekend Workshop
We needed to select three members as delegates and two reserves from a list of thirteen applicants.
Before we voted three people were removed from the applications due to not completing the required information sheet.
We each voted for three members and the three with the most votes will be contacted to say they are attending the Weekend Workshop and the two people with the next highest votes have been placed on the list as our reserves.
National Retail Trades Conference
There is a new Labour party leadership team and we all need to give them our full support and work towards the next general election.
(3) National TUC rally in Manchester on 4th October.
There will be no transport due to not enough numbers attending from the Midlands. Those who are travelling to the rally have access to flags and USDAW will be taking the giant USDAW balloons, as have been used in previous TUC events.
The Divisional officers report was read and all points noted/endorsed.
East Midlands Regional Labour Party Annual Conference
we needed to select a delegation of four people from six applicants.
One of the delegation needed to be an Area Organiser.
We selected one Area Organiser and three members to attend the Conference.
We each voted for three members and the three with the most votes will be contacted.
Black and Asian Members Weekend Workshop
We needed to select three members as delegates and two reserves from a list of thirteen applicants.
Before we voted three people were removed from the applications due to not completing the required information sheet.
We each voted for three members and the three with the most votes will be contacted to say they are attending the Weekend Workshop and the two people with the next highest votes have been placed on the list as our reserves.
National Retail Trades Conference
No vote required as the total number of applicants was under the number of places available.
Any other Business
we then moved on to any other business.
The meeting was then closed.
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