Unions 21 – Centre for Global Labour Research, Cardiff University – Wales TUC

Seminar at Cardiff Business School

One of the most striking developments in the trade union movement in recent years has been increased commitment to representing the full diversity of working people and pursuing the issue of equality at work.

This seminar will examine the new statutory equality duties in the fields of race, disability and gender and consider the degree to which they present an opportunity to trade unions to develop further their work in representing diversity.

It will consider developments in the law, cases of unions using the law in innovative ways, the implications of the gender equality duty for negotiating equal pay and academic research on ‘equality bargaining’; that is the inclusion of equality issues in the union bargaining agenda.

Speakers: Tess Gill, Barrister, Old Square Chambers; Pamela Dooley, ICTU; Zaffir Hakim, STUC One Workplace Project; Professor Ed Heery, Cardiff Business School; Bronwyn McKenna, Unison; Jane Thompson, UCU.

Lunch provided. FREE to attend. To register and receive full details email MeinJA@Cardiff.ac.uk [1]