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.
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
