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