Inclusion

Conference notes with some concern that one of the least attended courses on our national education programme are the Fairness at Work and Equality courses. This has led to one of those courses being cancelled in 2017, resulting in no equality education or information for FBU Reps and Officials.

While we understand that trade union leave is problematic to access, making attendance on courses difficult, it is also important that our Reps and Officials are aware of current equality legislation, practices and issues.

Conference calls upon the Executive Council to:

• Ensure that inclusion and equality matters are included in other appropriate FBU courses including the Branch Reps course

• That there is always an inclusion and equality session at the FBU National School

• Ensure that the equality sections are fully consulted on inclusion and equality education within our education programme.