USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 2018

Wednesday 31st October 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Gareth Davies. 

Andrea Watts. 

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

A report was given by Jackie Hendry. 

The federation weekend covered domestic abuse and was a very emotional subject. 

A raffle raised £263 for a domestic abuse charity. 

West Midlands

A report was given by Michelle Whitehead. 

The federation school covered USDAWS Legal plus. 

ROWLEY DICKINSON were in attendance. 

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

Membership 438,354 nationally and 57,822 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 2,404 new members recruited. 

194 reps done stand down so far. 

10,969 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

Academy 1 - 2018.

7 organising officers.

Members recruited - 1304

Reps recruited - 73

Academy 2 - 2018

4 organising officers.

Now finished. Final figures. 

Members recruited - 400

Reps recruited - 38

(1) Divisional Conference November 24th / 25th will take place at the Hilton hotel Warwick. 

(2) TUC Midlands rally on the eve of the Conservative party conference went well. 

(3) 19th October wear red to work day - part of show racism the red card campaign. An event was held at Tesco West Bromwich and was well received. 

(4) Respect for Shop workers campaign 12th - 18th November.

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

TUC MIDLANDS REGIONAL COUNCIL

The TUC Midlands Regional council meet twice a year and USDAW is entitled to send four delegates. 

After a brief discussion which asked for expressions of interest followed by a vote the following will be the USDAW TUC Midlands Regional Council Delegation. 

(1) Gavin Dadley

(2) Kate MacLeod

(3) Jon Mcewan

(4) Julie Haycraft

USDAW ORGANISING AWARDS 2018

The divisional council members had received a copy of all nominations a few weeks ago and we had been looking through them in our own way to decide on who we thought deserved to win the award for each category. 

We all gave our choices and these were counted up to reveal the winners of each award. 

Due to the winners needing to be notified in writing the winners will only be announced on this blog after next months meeting. 

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 28st November 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING SEPTEMBER 2018

Wednesday 26th September 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Julie Haycraft. 

Simon Willmott. 

Michelle Whitehead. 

Andrea Watts. 

Kate Macleod. 

Gavin Dadley. 

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 but these will be discussed 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 and Divisional officers report from Gareth Davies. 

Membership 437,595 nationally and 57,617 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 1,960 new members recruited. 

194 reps done stand down so far. 

8,960 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

Academy 1 - 2018.

7 organising officers.

Members recruited - 961

Reps recruited - 73

Academy 2 - 2018

4 organising officers.

Now finished. Final figures. 

Members recruited - 400

Reps recruited - 38

(1) Divisional Conference November 24th / 25th will take place at the Hilton hotel Warwick. 

(2) USDAW Divisional membership week 4th - 8th October.

(3) 19th October wear red to work day - part of show racism the red card campaign.

(4) Respect for Shop workers campaign 12th - 18th November. Order your materials now. 

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 31st October 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 2018

Wednesday 29th August 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Claire Thomas. 

Julie Haycraft. 

Sue Kenny. 

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

No report

West Midlands

No report

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

Membership 435,515 nationally and 57,445 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 1,845 new members recruited. 

183 reps done stand down so far. 

8,420 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

Academy 1 - 2018.

8 organising officers.

Members recruited - 737

Reps recruited - 63

Academy 2 - 2018

4 organising officers.

Members recruited - 400

Reps recruited - 38

(1) Divisional Conference November 24th / 25th will take place at the Hilton hotel Warwick. 

(2) USDAW national organising award winner won the T.U.C award for ulr’s. 

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 September 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING July 2018

Wednesday 25th July 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Claire Thomas. 

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

No report

West Midlands

No report

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

Membership 436,440 nationally and 57,685 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 1,734 new members recruited. 

181 reps done stand down so far. 

7,600 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

Academy 1 - 2018.

8 organising officers.

Members recruited - 600

Reps recruited - 47

Academy 2 - 2018

4 organising officers.

Members recruited - 360

Reps recruited - 37

(1) Divisional Conference November 24th / 25th will take place at the Hilton hotel Warwick. 

(2) Women chain makers festival - We received a report from Michelle Whitehead. 

(3) The Divisional officer reported that a member of staff from the Kegworth office has just achieved 40 years service. 

(4) The low pay commission will be speaking with several reps from Usdaw to understand how there pay and contracted hours affect them. 

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 29th August 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING June 2018

Wednesday 27th June 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Simon Willmott - Holiday 

Jon Mcewan started the meeting as acting chairman due to the positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Federatiin Observers being ejected at this meeting. 

Election of DC Chairman

Two people put themselves forward for the position of Chairman. 

Due to no seconder for one candidate no voting was required to fill the position. 

Jackie Hendry was elected as Chairman and took over the meeting.

Election of DC Vice Chairman

Two people put themselves forward for the position of Chairman. 

A vote took place and Jon Mcewan was elected as Vice Chairman.

Election of Federation observers

West Midlands - 

Michelle whitehead was elected as the observer.

East Midlands - 

Jackie Hendry was elected as the observer. 

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.

A discussion took place at the E.C meeting about employers changing terms and conditions. 

The Sainsbury’s merger was discussed at the E.C 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 and Divisional officers report from Gareth Davies and Gavin Dadley.

Membership 433,812 nationally and 57,426 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 1,296 new members recruited. 

167 reps done stand down so far. 

5,809 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

Academy 1 - 2018.

8 organising officers.

Members recruited - 288

Reps recruited - 15

Academy 2 - 2018

4 organising officers.

Members recruited - 270

Reps recruited - 31

(1) Divisional Conference November 24th / 25th will take place at the Hilton hotel Warwick. 

(2) Women chain makers festival - Saturday 7th July in Cradley heath. 

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

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

A brief report received from J.Mcewan on the USDAW pension conference. 

A brief report received from S.Kenny on the TUC Disabled workers conference. 

A brief report received from J.Haycraft on the LGBT conference. 

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 25th July 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING May 2018

Wednesday 30th May 2018 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Elijah Williams - Personal.

Sue Kenny - work commitments. 

The Meeting was chaired by Jon Mcewan ( vice chairman) as the former chairman was now on the E.C. 

The positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman and federation observers will take place at the June meeting. 

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

No report

West Midlands

No report. 

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

Membership 431,087 nationally and 57,378 divisional.

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 27th June 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING NUMBER 33

Wednesday 18th April 2018 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 33 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 read through the EC minutes.

The E.C meeting had covered the E.C stance on the propositions for ADM.

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

Federation took place on 7/8 April. 

Very well attended. 

Covered equality in the workplace 

West Midlands

No report. 

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

Membership 432,898 nationally and 57,456 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment -  

127 reps done stand down so far. 

3,950hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

(1) Divisional Conference in November - details to be confirmed 

(2) TUC March in London 12th May 2018. 

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

Academy 2 2018  

5 reps have been working on Academy 2 and have attended there first training session.

90 - new members recruited. 

Academy 1 2018  

9 reps on Academy 1 this year. 

Theses will be starting in May. 

USDAW LGBT get together

3 nominees and 2 reserves required. 

1) A.Ruston

2) A.Hornby

3) R.Ingleby

R1) E.Williams

USDAW Pensions conference 

6 nominees and 2 reserves required.

1) J.Chilton

2) B.Winter

3) S.Ash

4) V.Leach

5) K.Gale

6) N.Moore

R1) R.Birdsall

R2) S.Goodson

USDAW Summer School series 1

8 Nominations required

1) J.Stott

2) C.Harrison

3) I.Shelton

4) M.Hamill

5) I.Merwahs

6) S.Goodson

7) A.White

8) C.Andronic

USDAW Summer School series 2 

6 nominations required

1) R.Bayliss

2) T.Williams

3) J.Haycraft

4) P.Farrant

5) A.Matthews

6) R.Carrington

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 30th May 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL FULL ELECTIONS 2018

Now that all candidates have received the results of the election I will now list the 10 USDAW Divisional Councillors for the Midlands Division. 

Jackie Hendry 

Michelle whitehead

Julie haycraft

Eli Williams 

Sue Kenny 

Ian Bateman 

Jon Mcewan 

Claire Thomas 

Kelvin Blake

Simon Willmott 

The first meeting of the newly formed Divisional Council will be Wednesday 30th May 2018. 

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2018

The results of the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council election has been revealed. 

I was re-elected on to the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council and I would like to thank all branches and reps who supported and voted for me. 

I look forward to continuing to represent you all for a further three years. 

It has and always will be an honour to serve on the Midlands Divisional Council. 

I would like to thank all candidates who stood for election. You all did well and all kept a clean election campaign. 

Congratulations to all who were elected/re-elected. 

I look forward to working with you all. 

Commiserations to those candidates who were not re-elected. 

I’m sorry that we won’t be working together in the Divisional Council but I hope you stand again in the future and that you continue to attend Federstiin schools, ADM and the two Midlands Divisional Conferences. 

It’s been a pleasure to work with you both for the last three years. 

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING NUMBER 32

Wednesday 28th March 2018 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 32 at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Jenny Chilton - Union Duties. 

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 read through the EC minutes.

The stage and seating at ADM no change from previous meetings. Visitors will be seated in the centre of the horseshoe arena and will require stewards to clear the area for fringe meetings.

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

Federation taking place 7/8 April. 

West Midlands

24/25 March - held at the St. John’s hotel. 

Covered ADM - Behind the scenes. 

Using the ADM agenda of 2017 looked at the propositions and how they were written. 

23 delegates attended with a good mix of new and old faces. 

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

Membership 431,169 nationally and 57,126 divisional.

 

Stand down recruitment - 885 new members recruited. 

122 reps done stand down so far. 

3,608 hours of stand down done so far out of a target of 12,000. 

(1) March Divisional Conference - a total of £410 was raised in the collection. 

The venue was very well received by all delegates. Good service received by the hotel.

Good choice of food. 

Speakers were very good and special mention to Steve Mitchell who made what could of been a very boring subject into a fun interactive session. 

Jeff Broome - USDAW President was in attendance on Saturday and made his final speech at a Midlands Division event. 

Jeff received a standing ovation from the delegates and officials. 

(2) Divisional Council Meeting - April. 

We have to look at voting and info for the following events. 

Summer school 1 and 2. 

LGBT Get Together. 

Pension Conference. 

ADM Stewarding. 

(3) TUC March in London 12th May 2018. 

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

Academy 2 2018  

5 reps have been working on Academy 2 and have attended there first training session.

Academy 1 2018  

11 reps have been offered a place on Academy 1 this year. 

Theses will be starting in May. 

USDAW Warehousing and Dustribution Conference

6 nominees and 2 reserves required. 

These will be announced once paperwork for April’s Divisional Council Meeting arrives. 

USDAW Food Manufacturing Conference

6 nominees and 2 reserves required.

These will be announced once paperwork for April’s Divisional Council Meeting arrives. 

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 18th April 2018. 

The meeting was then closed  

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING NUMBER 31

Wednesday 28th February 2018 I attended Divisional Council meeting number 31 at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:

Simon Eggleton - Work.

Jenny Chilton- Work. 

Ian Bateman - Snowed in. 

Maureen Bowen - Personal.

Paul White - Illness. 

Gareth Davies - Union Business. 

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.

The stage and seating at ADM was discussed again as this could cause a few issues during ADM.

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

There was no report. 

West Midlands

There was no report. 

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

Membership 431,986 nationally and 57,146 divisional. 

Stand down recruitment - 718 new members recruited. 110 reps have done stand down so far. 

(1) Congratulations were given to Andrea Watts and Kate MacLeod on being elected as our Executive Councillors for the Midlands Division. 

(2) National Political Conference was well attended and had two very good speakers. 

(3) March Divisional Conference - Saturday 10th March and Sunday 11th March is being held at the Raddison Blu hotel near to East Midlands Airport. 

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

Academy 2 2018  

Started this week. 

Academy 1 2018

Development centre taking place in March. 

TUC LGBT Conference

1 nominees and 1 reserve required. 

(1) Greg Wingate 

Reserves

Rob Ingleby

Rebecca Shale

Any Other Business

We then moved on to any other business.

The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 28th March 2018. 

The meeting was then closed