Divisional Council Meeting Number 28

Wednesday 25th October 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 28 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness.

Jenny Chilton - Illness.

Gareth Davies - Holiday.

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 read through the EC minutes.

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

The East Midlands Federation school was held on !4th and 15th October.

A written report was given out.

West Midlands

The West Midlands Federation school covered I.T and social media in the workplace.

The weekend was held in the bigger conference room and this was a much better room.

The food was really nice and there were lots of good group activities.

  

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

Membership 437,207 nationally and 57,191 divisional. 

Academy 1 - 10 officers.

New members - 1,674

Both Academy programmes will soon be at an end.

(1) TUC Regional Council. There were lots of guest speakers at the last meeting.

(2) Retail Trades Conference. A good conference, Good propositions and good activities.

(3) November Divisional Conference - Saturday 25th November and Sunday 26th November to be held at the Stratford Manor Hotel. Paddy Lillis and David Jamerson will be our guest speakers.

(4) Divisional Politics committee meeting went well with some good speakers.

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

Midlands Regional TUC delegation - 4 people required to make up the delegation for 2018/2019

(1) Gavin Dadley

(2) Claire Thomas

(3) Kate Macleod

(4) Darren Matthews

reserve - Ed Leach

Divisional Equalities forum 10 nominees required.

We voted for the nominees and these will be updated here once all have been written to and confirmed.

USDAW National Organising Awards 2017

We voted for the nominees and these are listed below as the winners names have been published in the Divisional Conference paperwork.

1) Individual Organising Award - Simon Archer.

2) Individual Recruitment Award - Adrian Clarke.

3) Team Recruitment and Organising Award - Weetabix reps.

4) The Campaigns Award - Chris Bowers.

5) Health and Safety Rep Award - Nick Lazic.

6) Union Learning Rep Award - Fliss Pryce-Page.

7) The Equalities Award - John Meakin.

8) Most Promising New Activist Award - Darren Vickery.

9) Outstanding Achievement Award - Dean Wainwright.

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 29th November 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Council Meeting Number 27

Wednesday 27th September 2017 - Divisional Council meeting number 27 took place at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Due to Personal reasons I had to leave the meeting just before it started.

USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Election 2018

USDAW branch E053 is to hold a meeting very shortly and I will be completing the Divisional council election nomination form. 

I will be standing in the USDAW Divisional council election 2018 - Midlands division seeking Re-Election. 

I have written my election address and this will be available at the USDAW Midlands Divisional conference on Saturday 25th November - Sunday 26th November.

Branches will receive my election address in early 2018. 

Many thanks to my branch for their support. 

Divisional Council Meeting Number 26

Wednesday 30th August 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 26 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness.

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

No EC Minutes due to no EC meeting in August.

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

No report

  

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

Membership 435,002 nationally and 56,918 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 8,020 hours - 2,118 new members

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 394

New Reps - 27

Academy 1 - 10 officers.

New members - 1,103

New Reps - 77

(1) USDAW organising awards 2017 - Nominations close on 22nd September 2017.

(2) 9th - 15th October - Membership week.

(3) November Divisional Conference - Saturday 25th November and Sunday 26th November to be held at the Stratford Manor Hotel.

(4) Retired members committee to be discussed and voted on at the next meeting.

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

Retail Trades Conference - 10 Delegates required.

No selection needed as only 10 nominations received.

All 10 nominations accepted and will be written to.

Black and Asian Members Weekend Workshop - 5 Delegates required.

We voted for the delegates and reserves.

These will be updated here once all have been written to and confirmed.

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 25th October 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Council Meeting Number 25

Wednesday 26th July 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 25 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Ian Bateman - Illness.

Paul White - Illness.

Jenny Chilton - Work.

Gareth Davies - Holiday

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.

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

No report

  

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

Membership 437,116 nationally and 57,064 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 7,400 hours - 1,969 new members

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 353

Academy 1 - 10 officers.

New members - 843

June 2017 Membership week brought in a total of 1/092 new members over the four week period.

(1) 9th - 15th October - Membership week.

(2) November Divisional Conference - Saturday 25th November and Sunday 26th November to be held at the Stratford Manor Hotel.

(3) Women chain makers festival 7th July 2018.

(4) National political conference 3rd - 4th February 2018.

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

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

(1) TUC regional committee meeting cancelled due to General election will not be re arranged.

(2) Jon Mcewan reported back that he had been elected as the South Derbyshire CLP Trade union liaison officer and GC delegate on the CLP executive committee.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 30th August 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Council Meeting Number 24

Wednesday 28th June 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 24 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Andrea Watts - Illness.

Paul White - Illness.

Simon Willmott - Holiday

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 read through the EC Minutes and will ask for more information at the next meeting.

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

No report

  

Divisional officers report
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gareth Davies.

Membership 432,951 nationally and 56,553 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 6,038 hours - 1,596 new members and 48 new reps.

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 313

New reps - 19

Academy 1 - 10 officers.

New members - 490

New reps - 40

(1) 9th - 15th October - Membership week.

(2) November Divisional Conference - Saturday 25th November and Sunday 26th November to be held at the Stratford Manor Hotel.

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

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 26th July 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Council Meeting Number 23

Wednesday 31th May 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 23 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness.

Jenny Chilton - Illness.

Kate Macleod - Holiday.

Gareth Davies - Union Business.

Election of Chairman

Kate Macleod was elected as the Chairman.

Election of Vice chairman

Jon Mcewan was elected as the Vice chairman.

Election of East Midlands Federation Observer.

Jackie Hendry was elected as the East Midlands Federation observer.

The meeting was chaired by Jon Mcewan.

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.

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

No report

  

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

We held a moments silence in respect to these killed and injured in the Manchester Bombings.

Membership 430,967 nationally and 56,405 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 5,490 hours - 1,458 new members.

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 231

Academy 1 - 10 officers.

new members - 135

(1) Sat 1st July - Women Chain makers festival.

(2) November Divisional Conference - Saturday 25th November and Sunday 26th November to be held at the Stratford Manor Hotel.

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

National young workers Weekend

We looked through the applications. 

The five nominees and two reserves are as follows -

Nominees

R.Tims

A.Serdean

G.Carter

L.Pearce

J.Abbott

First reserve

R,Jones

Second reserve

M.Keane

National Young Workers Committee 

We nominated L.pearce.

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

Congratulations were extended to both the new Chair - Kate Macleod and Vice-Chair - Jon Mcewan.

A vote of thanks was extended to both Paul White and Kate Macleod for carrying out the roles of Divisional council Chair and Vice-Chair respectively over the past twelve months.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 28th June 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Council Meeting Number 22

Wednesday 26th April 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 22 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness.

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.

1) The Executive Council have looked through all the Propositions and they discussed if they will be supported or opposed by the EC.

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

A report was read out regarding the East Midlands Federation help on 1st and 2nd April at the Southview Hotel in Skegness. £150 raised in a raffle for MENCAP.

West Midlands

No report

  

Divisional officers report
We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gareth Davies.

Membership 430,318 nationally and 56,350 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 4,487 hours - 1,233 new members.

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 130

New reps - 5

Academy 1 - 11 reps were invited to join the Academy 1 2017 campaign.

10 have been allowed release.

 

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) ADM 2017 - we went over the stewarding duties.

(2) Sat 1st July - Women Chain makers festival.

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

USDAW LGBT Get Together 

We looked through the applications. We then voted and selected the three nominees and two reserves required.

TUC LGBT Conference 

We voted our nominee and our reserve.

USDAW Summer School series one

We read through all the nominations and voted to select our eight nominees.

USDAW Summer School series two

We read through the nominations and voted to select our six nominees.

USDAW Pensions Conference

We read through the applications and voted to select our six nominees and three reserves.

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 31st May 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Divisional Councl Meeting Number 21

Wednesday 29th March 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 21 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness.

 

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.

1) Kay Baldry from the Kegworth office will be retiring shortly.

2) This years ADM will not be live streamed and no other ADM's.
 

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 report was read from the Federation held at the ST Johns Hotel in Solihull on Saturday 25th March and Sunday 2th March.

 

Divisional officers report

We received the Deputy Divisional officers report from Gareth Davies.

Membership 429,750 nationally and 56,323 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment  - 3,457 hours - 910 new members.

 

Academy 2 - 3 officers.

New members - 51

New reps - 3

 

Academy 1 - Divisional Development centre had 28 reps invited and 24 attended.

11 reps were invited to join the Academy 1 2017 campaign.

 

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) Divisional Conference Saturday 11th March - Sunday 12th March - There were three speakers on Saturday with lots of questions asked.

Lord Kennedy, Sion Simon and Steven Mitchell.

 

(2) TUC Regional Executive - Kate Macleod elected to the reserved woman's seat.

(3) Sat 1st July - Women Chain makers festival.

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

TUC Disabled Workers Conference

There is one place available and one reserve required.

Nomination - S.McCabe
Reserve 1 - J.Nicoll

 

USDAW Warehouse and Distribution Conference

6 applications received and 6 places available.

All applications accepted.

 

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 26th April 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed