Divisional Council Meeting Number 19

Wednesday 25th January 2017 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 19 at the USDAW Redditch office. 

Apologies were received from:

Simon Willmott - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

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.

Their will be an extension made to the USDAW Legal Plus services.

Members and there children ( under 18 years old ) who have an accident while abroad on holiday will be able to use the USDAW Legal Plus service.

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 total 2016  - 434,837 nationally and 55,993 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment total 2016 - 9,924 hours - 189 reps took part.

Membership figures 2017 - 431,628 nationally and 55,751 divisional.

Stand down recruitment 2017 - 627 hours.

We received the Divisional officers report from Gavin Dadley.

(1) Divisional Conference Saturday 11th March - Sunday 12th March - The Jury's Inn Hotel, East Midlands Hotel. 

We have guest speakers who will be attending on Saturday 11th March.

Workshops are also planned for both days.

(2) Academy 2 - 2017. 7 reps have been interviewed and 3 have been offered a place.

(3) Academy 1 - 2017. 43 application forms have been requested. All returned applications will attend the Divisional Development center on 14th and 15th March where the final list of successful candidates will be offered a place on Academy 1.

(4) USDAW National Organising Awards 2016. 

The Midlands Division was not successful in winning any of the national awards but all nominees who attended the awards night had a great time . 

Well done to all Nominees across all Divisions.

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

TUC Black Workers Conference

There is one place available and one reserve required.

Nomination - Evelyn Asima
Reserve 1 - Prince Sarkodee

Reserve 2 - Eulyn Brown

Reserve 3 - Parshotam Bharth
Reserve 4 - Nazakat Ali

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 22nd February 2017. 

  The meeting was then closed  

Preparing for the next USDAW Divisional Council Meeting Wednesday 25th January 2017

I have received my paperwork for the first USDAW Midlands Divisional Council meeting of 2017.

I have read through the Executive council minuets from the December and January meetings along with the Divisional officers report for the Midlands.

It will be good to meet up with the Midlands Divisional Council and get back to Business.

USDAW National Organising Awards - Award Night - Sat 14th January 2017

I attended the USDAW National Organising Awards at the Raddison Blu Hotel at Manchester Airport on Saturday 14th January 2017.

The event was really good and it was good to be there with fellow Usdaw reps who had been nominated for the awards.

Before a three course dinner all Divisional award winners received there award and had photos taken.

The Midlands Divisional Award winners

After the meal the Usdaw National award winners were announced - oscars style with a summary of each nominee and the envelope.

I won the Usdaw Health and Safety award for the Midlands Division but I was not the National winner.

It was a very proud moment to be representing the Midlands Division in Manchester.

I enjoy my role as a Health and Safety rep and ensuring KP Ashby remains a safe site to work at.