All people are welcome to come along to LGBT conference. Find out more by clicking on the flyer:

CHAPTER hosts the first Wales TUC LGBT conference on Friday and Saturday, February 27, 28. The two-day event will involve high level guest speakers, lively interactive workshops and a chance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to not only talk about the issues affecting their lives but also to have some fun!

There will also be screenings of films that have been chosen as winners in the annual Iris Prize Festival which is held in Cardiff every year organised by the Festivals Company, other gay films that have been shortlisted for international film festivals and the BBC Wales programme that follows Ian H Watkins as the places in South Wales that forged his childhood.

AN exhibition by NUJ photographers will be open during the course of the conference along with those submitted by LGBT people across Wales. Both have the theme of LGBT lives in Wales in 2009. There is a £100 prize for the winning submitted photography courtesy of NUJ Cymru Wales.
For more information on entering the competition click here.

Only one session of the conference will be restricted to official LGBT delegates from affiliated trade unions – all the other events and the films, exhibitions and other social events to be advertised at Chapter are open to all.

For more details visit:
LGBT Conference 2009

The Wales TUC is working with Nottingham University to roll out an Equality Reps Survey across Wales.

The survey aims to gather information on the type of issues that reps deal with, and the level of training and support that is in place for reps who deal with equalities issues. It also hopes to identify the barriers that prevent equality reps from carrying out their role effectively.

The survey can be filled in by any rep who deals with equalities issues, even if they are not an official equality rep.

Please download the survey here:
Equality Reps Survey (word doc)

Either email back to nhirst@tuc.org.uk
or print out and post to:

Wales TUC
FREEPOST SWC4648
Cardiff
CF11 9GY

All replies will be treated confidentially.

Replies should be received by April 30th. However, surveys returned after that date will still be useful. Everyone will receive a summary of the main findings and a full report.

Please advertise this widely. Thank you very much for your help. The information from the survey will support us all in our campaign for statutory rights and recognition for the important role that equalities reps play in our branches and workplaces.

More more information please contact Natasha Hirst on
nhirst@tuc.org.uk

The report, “One Workforce – Migrant Workers: A Trade Union Report” will be launched at 6pm on Tuesday 4 December at the Norwegian Church, Cardiff Bay.

The report will be launched by Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Brian Gibbons AM. Vaughan Gething, Wales TUC Vice-President will Chair the launch.

Victoria Winckler, report author and Director of the Bevan Foundation will introduce the report and Alicja Zalesinska (Outreach Officer, Economic Migrants, Race Equality First) will highlight specific case studies.

Full Press Release

Migrant Workers report

Equalities Minister Joins Wales TUC to Tackle Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Equalities Minister, Jane Hutt AM joined Natasha Hirst, Wales TUC Equal at Work project officer and Christine Newman, of the Pensions Forum Wales in the Assembly to launch a new poster campaign aimed at highlighting and eradicating age discrimination in the workplace.

The poster campaign is the first in a planned series of materials to highlight and tackle discrimination in the workplace. The Equal At Work 2-year project, which is funded by the Dti and run by the Wales TUC, aims to support unions to promote equality and advise on discrimination issues.

Posters and the full press release can be seen in the Campaign Materials section