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Regional Equalities Forums - Nomination Form

Would you like to be involved in the Union’s equalities work?

Are you interested in issues like disability rights, women’s health, tackling racism and LGBT+ equality?


Usdaw is looking for members to take up a seat on their Regional Equalities Forum (REF).

Here are some of the practical things the forums do:
 
  • Run weekend schools on issues like supporting disabled members, women’s health, tackling racism at work.
  • Organise local get-togethers and workplace visits to support and encourage new members.
  • Work with other Union reps and officials to recruit more members and reps.

There are seats on the forum for the following four groups of members – women, black and minority ethnic members, disabled members and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-binary members (LGBT+).
 
The reason why only these members can sit on the forum is because they are under represented in the Union’s structures. Usdaw believes this needs addressing and wants to find ways to reach out to these groups of members.

There are usually around four forum meetings a year and Usdaw will pay your travel, out of pocket expenses and any loss of wages for any forum meetings/activities you take part in.

Nominations for the forums will be considered by your Regional Council at their meeting in November. You will be contacted in mid-December to be advised if you have been selected to sit on your forum.

If you would like to be involved in your regional equalities forum please complete the form below or alternatively you can download the form:

Information on how we process and store personal data can be found in our privacy notice.

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This is to help get the right balance of members on each forum - Usdaw will not make contact with your employer about your nomination
Finally please select one or more of the following boxes to tell us which apply to you. We need this information to make sure that the forum is fully representative of the groups of members (women, black and ethnic minority, disabled and LGBT+) who are under involved in the Union. The information provided will be used for no other purpose.:*


Trans status:

Ethnicity:


Sexual Orientation:


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