(Text largely from my twitter account @grayee) "At
@The_TUC LESE AGM in Congress House, London (home of the British Trade union movement) which I am attending as a
@unisonglr delegate.
After a minutes silence to remember comrades who have died in past year, the AGM starts with a Video message from
@The_TUC General Secretary
@nowak_paul & now verbal report from
@TUC_LESE regional Secretary
@GurneySam.
Bit of a shock that TUC Executive Council are considering whether they should remortgage Congress House & refurbish it to modern standards or sell it & move elsewhere.
Next
@The_TUC President & GS
@fbunational @MattWrack keynote speaker on ""meeting the challenges & organising to win". Matt speaks passionately about 7th anniversary of
#Grenfell, the vote winning importance of
@UKLabour #NewDealforWorkingPeople & 40th anniversary of
#Minersstrike @The_TUC Women's officer
@louloupound gives update on workplan to build union capacity to tackle sexual harassment in workplace. Nikki does not dodge the fact that we need in our own
#LabourMovement to get our House in order & address sexual harassment & discrimination.
Next update was by
@TUC_LESE officer Adrian Ryan on the London union learning project Unionlearn
Now election results for
@TUC_LESE executive council and elections for President, Vice Presidents, treasurer, SOC & auditors. New President
@RMTunion Kathy Mazur thanks Jim Kelly & then moves RMT motion 1 "A better railway for London, SE and the East of England"
Motion passed unanimously. Now 2nd RMT motion "No more P&Os: A fair pay agreement for the ferry sector". Also passed unanimously.
Update by
@TUC_LESE Laurie Heselden on "New Deal for Working People". Making it clear that this is a trade union policy as much as
@UKLabour Following some rather odd & negative comments from a couple of delegates Our
@unisontheunion delegation leader
@organiserjo makes the point in Q&A that the relationship of
@TUC_LESE &
@UKLabour @labourunionsuk & the positive work that is done. While President
@unitetheunion Jim Kelly gave a ringing endorsement of
@SadiqKhan for his support 4 workers
Update by project lead Maria McCaul on London Unemployed Strategies
Final update by Daniel Shannon-Hughes on
@TUC_LESE Bulletin. Only 3k out of 1.8 million trade unionists are current subscribers'. Scan to sign up! (top left of collage) or click here
https://tuc.org.uk/lese-news\Final item Finance report. Meeting closed.