About Jon Mcewan

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I have been a member of the USDAW trade union since 2001, I'm a shop steward, Health and Safety rep, Union Learning Rep, branch chairman and I'm an USDAW Divisional Councillor in the Midlands division - Elected in 2015. On Wednesday 24th June 2015 I was elected as the Vice Chairman of the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council until 25th May 2016. On Wednesday 31st May 2017 I was elected as the Vice Chairman of the USDAW Midlands Divisional Council until 25th April 2018. I will be using this website to keep you informed of what I will be doing as one of your USDAW Divisional Councillors. I will try to update this website with information about meetings attended, courses attended, conferences attended and any other duties I do as one of your USDAW Divisional Councillors in the Midlands. I will also try to add photos from events that I attend and I will try to post news that members of USDAW might find useful.

Saturday, 20 April 2019

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 2019

Wednesday 27th March 2019 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:
Julie Haycraft. 
Andrea Watts. 
Gareth Davies. 
 

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
Federation weekend took place on Saturday 9th March and Sunday 10th March. 

A new committee was elected. 

The federation was about identifying issues in the workplace. 


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

Membership 422,009 nationally and 56,297 divisional.
 
Stand down recruitment - 
786 new members recruited. 
95 reps done stand down so far. 
3,556 hours of stand down done so far. 

Academy 1 - 2019.

The divisional development centre was attended by 20 reps and the organising officers for academy 1 will be announced at the next meeting. 

Academy 2 - 2019.
 
The academy 2 programme has recently started. I will add the names of the organising officers once I know who they are. 
Members recruited - 79


(1) The Midlands Division are in charge of stewarding the 2019 ADM and at the next meeting we will discuss the rota and locations we are covering. 

(2) USDAW summer school. At the next meeting we will be selecting the attendees for series 1 and series 2. 


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

(4) Feedback was given from the Divisional Conference. The venue was still very good and everyone enjoyed the conference. 

The guest speakers were well received. 


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

Warehouse and distribution Conference 2019
6 Nominees and 2 reserves required. 

Nominees - 
Anthony Rodgers 
Aaron Wall
Andrea Oprea
Joe McGinley 
Chris Bowers
Adrian Clarke

Reserves -
Robert Ingleby
Dean Linton


National LGBT Get-Together 2019
3 nominees and 2 reserves required 

Nominees - 
Alan Matthews
Daniel Herd
Eli Williams

Reserve - 
Anthony Hornby. 


TUC LGBT+ Conference 2019
1 nominee and 1 reserve required. 

Nominee - 
Alan Matthews 

Reserve - 
Eli Williams 

Additional reserves -
Daniel Herd
Anthony Hornby
Robert Ingleby


Any Other Business
We then moved on to any other business.

Primary is no longer on the National Minimum Wage. 


The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 24nd  April 2019. 


The meeting was then closed  
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Friday, 19 April 2019

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 2019

Wednesday 27th February 2019 I was unable to attend the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office so this post replicates the minutes received for the February meeting. 

Apologies were received from:
Jon Mcewan. 
Julie Haycraft. 
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
The Divisional officers report was read and the relevant points were endorsed and noted. 


TUC DISABLED WORKERS CONFERENCE 2019.
The delegate to this conference and reserves are as follows

Delegate - Wendy Willis

Reserve - Sue Kenny

Additional reserves -  
Joan Samuels
Rob Parry
Simon Willmott
Andrea Watts


Any Other Business
None. 


The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 27th March 2019. 


The meeting was then closed  
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