Report: TUC Disabled Workers' Committee meeting, 16 March 2017
pic: Committee co-Chairs, Sean McGovern and Janine Booth
Campaigning
We have set up campaign working groups to get more work done on key issues:
I was elected to this Committee in 2013 and each year since (except 2020-21). The Disability section of the TUC's website is here.
pic: Committee co-Chairs, Sean McGovern and Janine Booth
Campaigning
We have set up campaign working groups to get more work done on key issues:
Contact me: j.booth@rmt.org.uk
1. Disabled People Against Cuts held a week of action to coincide with the Paralympic Games. During the week, DPAC attended our Southern Rail picket line. Disabled campaigners have compiled a report alleging that Southern's plans to remove guards breach the Equality Act in making its services less accessible to disabled passengers.
Election of co-Chair: Sean McGovern, the Disabled Workers' representative on TUC General Council, chairs the Committee. I was re-elected unopposed as co-Chair for another year.
Action on Resolutions from Disabled Workers Conference
TUC Disabled Workers' Committee will meet at TUC Congress House, carrying out the decisions of the recent Disabled Workers' Conference and planning to step up the fight for disabled workers' rights.
On 19 May 2016, TUC Disabled Workers' Conference hosted the Labour Party's Disability Equality Roadshow. Shadow Minister for Disabled People Debbie Abrahams introduced herself and the roadshow's aims, then listened as delegates told her what we want. Various policy areas were discussed, with an introduction from a member of the TUC Disabled Workers' Committee and contributions from delegates.
Campaign updates:
by Janine Booth, co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee
For several years, disability rights has seemed the most intractable of issues to fight on.
Updates on ongoing work