Wales TUC Women’s Conference will be held on October 20th 2008 at The Dragon Hotel, Swansea. This conference is open to women trade union members only.

Wales TUC Challenging Racism Conference will be held on the afternoon of October 21st 2008, also at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea. We encourage unions to send black and minority ethnic members, although the conference is open to all trade union members.

For both of these conferences you will need to be on your union’s delegation. Please contact your union’s regional officer to express an interest in attending.

Both of these conferences will have motions debate to decide policy for the year ahead. We strongly encourage all unions to submit a motion to both conferences and the deadline for motions is Friday 3rd October 2008.

We will be holding a pan-equality event in between these two conferences, on the morning of the 21st October. This pan-equality event will be open to all who are interested in equality issues.

The agenda for the pan-equality event is still to be set but will include speakers on topics such as the Single Equality Bill, and workshops on generic equality issues. More details and registration information will be provided soon. Please contact Natasha Hirst on nhirst@tuc.org.uk for more information.

The Wales TUC and Trade Unions in Wales are committed to supporting the campaign to end child poverty.

The End Child Poverty Campaign is organising a rally on Saturday October 4th in Trafalgar Square - please visit the End Child Poverty website for more details, or contact your union to find out if they are organising transport to the event.

The Budget 2009 is the last realistic chance for the Government to meet the 2010 target and keep alive its promise to end child poverty. The Keep the Promise March will be the UK’s biggest ever event to end child poverty this year to demand a better future for all our children.