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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.

Monday, 12 August 2019

USDAW DIVISIONAL COUNCIL MEETING 31ST JULY 2019

Wednesday 31st July 2019 I attended the Divisional Council meeting at the Usdaw Redditch office.

Apologies were received from:
Simon Willmott. 
Julie Haycraft. 
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. 
We spoke about 

The crisis in retail. 
Brexit. 
Civil liability act. 
Israel visit. 

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 Gavin Dadley. 

Membership 414,693 nationally and 55,814 divisional.
 
Online joins 9790

Postal joins 2166

Stand down recruitment - 
1969 new members recruited. 
180 reps done stand down so far. 
9,023  hours of stand down done so far. 

Academy 1 - 2019.

There are 9 potential organising officers. 
Members recruited 873

Academy 2 - 2019.
 
The academy 2 programme has 4 organising officers. 
Members recruited - 566


(1) The Midlands Divisional membership week is 7th - 13th October. 

(2) Black members weekend voting at next meeting. 

(3) No August meeting. 

(4) September meeting moved to Wednesday 18th September due to Labour Party conference. 

(5) Report given on the chain makers festival. 

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

National retail trades Conference 2019
11 Nominees  required. 

Nominees - 
A. Drake
A. Pedley 
N. Fitzsimmons 
R. Parry 
M. Davidson 
S. Farrar
J. Sarsons 
K. Lowe
M. Bevan 
W. Willis
K. Blake

The proposition from branch E070 accepted. 


Road transport conference 2019
6 nominees required 

Nominees - 

P. Darby 
J. Lees
N. Stones
D. Parker
D. Carter
C. Read



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

Jon mcewan commented on the good news that from April 2020 the Swedish deregation will be removed which will be a big benefit for agency workers. 

Eli Williams and Andrea commented on the lgbt get together. 


The next USDAW Midlands Divisional Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 18th September 2019. 


The meeting was then closed  
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