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I have been a member of the USDAW trade union since 2001, I'm a shop steward, Health and Safety rep, Union Learning Rep, branch chairman and I'm an USDAW Divisional Councillor in the Midlands division - Elected in 2015. On Wednesday 24th June 2015 I was elected as the Vice Chairman of the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council until 25th May 2016. On Wednesday 31st May 2017 I was elected as the Vice Chairman of the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council until 25th April 2018. I will be using this website to keep you informed of what I will be doing as one of your USDAW Divisional Councillors. I will try to update this website with information about meetings attended, courses attended, conferences attended and any other duties I do as one of your USDAW Divisional Councillors in the Midlands. I will also try to add photos from events that I attend and I will try to post news that members of USDAW might find useful.

Monday, 1 August 2016

Divisional Council Meeting Number 14

Wednesday 27th July I attended Divisional Council meeting number 14 at the USDAW Redditch office. 


Apologies were received from

Paul White - Illness
Jenny Chiltern - Illness
Jackie Hendry - Illness
Kate MacLeod - Holiday
Gareth Davies - Holiday
Andrea Watts - Illness

Minutes from the previous DC meeting
We read the minutes from the previous DC meeting. These were accepted. 

Minutes of the EC meeting
We received the EC Minutes from Maureen.

An issues raised in a previous E.C meeting regarding the LGBT T-shirts was looked into and although the colours on the t-shirts are not the same as they should be it is acceptable as different countries use different colours in different orders.

J.Mcewan asked about the Live streaming of the ADM and what was discussed at the E.C meeting.
The E.C are still awaiting a report.

Thanks have been received from several charities who wrote to USDAW asking for a donation.

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

East Midlands
No report

West Midlands
A written report was sent in by Kate MacLeod in her absence.

The Federation weekend involved all delegates and officials attending the Chainmakers Festival on Saturday.
There were three workshop activities. 

1) The Chainmakers of Cradley Heath. 
2) The History of USDAW.
3) USDAW 125 years.

It sounded like all had a great time at the Federation weekend.

Divisional officers report
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gavin.

Membership total ( presently ) - 434,455 nationally and 56,365 divisional. 

New Members 2016 - 4,852 divisional. 

Academy 2 started Monday 29th February 2016 with 4 organising officers.
313 new members and 26 reps signed up so far.

Academy 1.
8 officers started the 2016 Midlands Academy on 09/05/2016.
576 new members and 27 reps signed up so far.

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) USDAW Organising Awards nominations are now open.

(2) USDAW campaign bus spent a week in the Midlands visiting various sites. 
The bus also went to the Women Chain makers Festival on Sat 2nd July.

The Divisional officers report was read and all points noted/endorsed.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 31st August 2016. 


Any Other Business
We then moved on to any other business.



The meeting was then closed
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