TUC

A packed hall of delegates listening to speakers

November 9, 2017 0

Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime

A new handbook on direct action, a national day of action on inclusive education, and a call for healthcare professionals to boycott disability benefit assessments were among campaign ideas suggested by disabled activists at a national conference. The National Disabled People’s Summit saw up to 200 Deaf and disabled activists discussing ways to coordinate

Activism and Campaigning

Tapestry featuring rights slogans such as Disabled People Fight Back and Nothing About Us Without Us

October 19, 2017 0

National summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement

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Organisers of a national “summit meeting” of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), grassroots campaigns and trade unions hope it will “reinvigorate” the disability movement. The National Disabled People’s Summit is being funded by unions, and co-organised by the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance. Organisers of the summit say there is a need to explore how to

Activism and Campaigning

September 14, 2017 0

Summit meeting will aim to bring movement together on independent living

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Activists are hoping that a national disabled people’s “summit” will bring disabled people, their organisations and unions together to fight back against the repeated attacks on their right to independent living. Plans for the day-long summit were launched at a fringe meeting at the annual TUC Congress in Brighton this week. Mandy Hudson, who

Activism and Campaigning

May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: TUC criticised over HQ access

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Disabled union activists have criticised their own national federation, the TUC, for its reluctance to improve access at its London headquarters, following years of complaints from delegates at the annual Disabled Workers’ Conference. A motion calling on the TUC to make major improvements to the accessibility of Congress House in central London was passed

Employment

Janine Booth reading to an audience from a book

May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Frustration at London Underground autism refusal

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Union activists are planning a high-profile campaign against London Underground after it refused to introduce an employment policy on autism and neurodiversity. Janine Booth, a member of the RMT transport union, told the TUC’s annual Disabled Workers’ Conference in London that London Underground had refused even to discuss the idea of introducing a policy.

Arts, Culture and Sport

Delegates sitting behind their desks in the conference hall

May 25, 2017 0

TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference: Arts and cultural organisations ‘failing on jobs’

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Many large publicly-funded arts and cultural organisations are failing to employ any disabled people at all, union activists have heard at their annual conference. The TUC’s Disabled Workers’ Conference in London (pictured) heard from representatives of musicians’ and actors’ unions, and colleagues from other unions, about the results of Arts Council England’s (ACE) latest

Employment

Sign at entrance to Department for Work and Pensions

April 6, 2017

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Average pay rates fell seven times faster for disabled employees during coalition years

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New figures show average pay rates for disabled people fell seven times faster than those for non-disabled people during the five years of the coalition government. The figures were produced for Being Disabled In Britain, a major review of disability inequality by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The report says that disabled people’s

Activism and Campaigning

Mark Lynes with other activists behind him

October 6, 2016

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Thousands hear call to free disabled people ‘imprisoned in their homes by austerity’

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Disabled people have explained why they joined thousands of other activists on a march through the streets of Birmingham to protest about the failure of Tory austerity policies. The march took place as the Conservatives held their annual conference in the city, almost six years to the day since huge anti-austerity protests greeted the

Crime

May 26, 2016

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Shadow chancellor backs calls to prosecute Iain Duncan Smith over WCA deaths

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Labour’s shadow chancellor has called for Iain Duncan Smith to face criminal charges over allegations that his failure to address a coroner’s concerns about the “fitness for work” test led to the deaths of disabled benefit claimants. John McDonnell (pictured) made the call during a speech to the TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London

Benefits and Poverty

Five activists carrying a banner saying No More Deaths From Benefit Cuts

May 26, 2016

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TUC Disabled Workers Conference: PIP U-turn ‘could be turning-point’ in fightback

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Union delegates say the government’s decision to reverse planned cuts to its new disability benefit could be a turning-point in the fightback against its repeated attacks on disabled people. The TUC Disabled Workers Conference in London voted in favour of an emergency motion which welcomed the government’s decision to “backtrack” on the proposed cuts

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