Most years we have a debate about Reasonable Adjustments at the TUC Disabled Workers Conference and this year was no exception but the UCU had submitted an amendment, which was accepted, saying that Reasonable Adjustments should in the future be called ‘Necessary Adjustments’ because they are not optional. Mark Anthony Bastiani of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) moved Motion 10 Reasonable Adjustments in the Workplace as amended. This is what he said in his speech moving

Composite Motion 1: Access to Work – Always Audiences, Never Artists A Trade Union tradition is to composite similar motions into one motion. Compositing effectively means that two or more motions and amendments are merged into one motion. The composite motion was quite a long motion which is produced at the end of this article, however, it opens with the following two paragraphs: ‘Conference condemns the deterioration of Access to Work (AtW) through excessive delays, arbitra

I am sure that you are not surprised that we had a debate at the TUC Disabled Workers Conference about how we 'fight back' against the far right. I managed to secure copies of three of the speeches which I am sharing with you below. When you have read these speeches please do leave your thoughts and ideas on how to 'fight back' against the far right in the comment box below this article. If you are already actively involved please share your experiences. The first speech I am

Escape the everyday and head away on a Paradise Island Quest; this is where our collective art group went a couple of weeks ago. Open up and unwind within...

One of the motions debated at the TUC Disabled Workers Conference was about the need for accessible toilets and safe spaces in schools. The motion was tabled by the NASUWT trade union and it is reproduced below: Conference notes with concern the lack of a suitable provision of disability-inclusive toilets across educational settings. Conference further notes that there is a failure to fully fund school and college buildings in order for them to update and provide suitable pr