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Equalities
Committee
The branch equalities officer is supported by a committee made
up of reps from each stewards committee, branch officers and reps
from the self organised groups. Ideally there would be self organised
groups for Women, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, Disabled
Members and Black Members.
If you are interested in any of the groups, if you would like mailings
or if you want to record any needs to facilitate your involvment
in the union, please click here.
The committee's role is to work in consultation with self organised
groups to promote improvements in conditions for disadvantaged groups
and to ensure equality is an issue considered in any negotiations.
The equalities officer is a member of the service conditions team.
Self organised groups exist as parallel but integral parts of the
branch, where self-identified structurally disadvantaged groups
can, as the title says, self organise to promote equality of opportunity
both in the workplace and within the branch structures.
Significant achievements recently, in conjunction with the service
conditions team, have been City of Edinburgh Council agreements
on equal employment opportunities and recruitment and selection,
which outlaw discrimination on grounds of gender, sexuality, disability,
age, religion, marital status, responsibility for dependants etc.
Also recently negotiated are agreements on leave for family care
purposes and improvements to maternity leave.
Many of these agreements also apply to the 800 members who work
for related bodies.
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