TUC Black Workers Conference 2023
NUJ delegates attended this year's conference as union members debated issues including representation and fair opportunities.
TUC analysis finds BME workers are more likely to be unemployed than white workers
Black and minority ethnic women bear the brunt of this with an unemployment rate nearly three times that of white men.
DM2023: equality
Discrimination and prejudice in the workplace needs to be called out and robust polices put in place, conference agreed.
Bold action needed to close ethnicity pay gap
The TUC and NUJ’s Black Members’ Council comment on the government’s pay guidance saying compulsory monitoring of black workers’ salaries is needed without delay.
Unions can help broadcasters reverse their “woeful” record on diversity
More women are leaving broadcasting than joining and the representation of disabled people and diversity in senior positions is woeful, according to the UK’s industry watchdog Ofcom.
Trade union leaders tell PM to reject ‘insulting’ report and act on race equality at work
The NUJ has signed an open letter to Boris Johnson rejecting the report from the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities.
