Report on
STUC Disabled Workers Conference
5th 6th December 2009

Delegates attending
Elspeth Bettany
Gary Clarke
Joe Malone NEC
Willie MarshalL
Linda Roy Officer
Tony Seddon

The STUC Disability Conference was held in Dundee this year there were 50 delegates from various unions.

The Conference commenced at 11 am on the Saturday morning Martin Keenan (CWU member) and President of the Scottish TUC opened the conference there was in total on the first morning 4 guest speakers including Pauline Rourke (CWU member) and Chair of the STUC Women’s committee over the two days there was a total of ten speakers. Most speakers talked about the credit crunch and how the most vulnerable in society are being target.

Motions that were heard
Recession and Disabled People
Discrimination, Recession and Welfare Reform
Budget Cuts and Public Sector Duties
The Equality Bill
Disability Discrimination Act
Scottish Trauma Centre of Excellence
Health & Capabilities Policies
Disability Living Allowance
Occupational Health Assessments
Children with Disabilities
Scotland Wide Free Bus Travel Scheme for Older and Disabled People
Shared Surfaces

On the Sunday morning there were two workshops one on Workplace Stress and one on Mental health. Gary Clarke was successful on being elected onto the STUC Disability Committee and I would just mention Elspeth Bettany was presented with a bouquet of flowers for all her hard work over the years on the STUC Disability Committee and I would also like to place my thanks on record to Elsbeth she has done sterling work over the years on behalf of the CWU and will be sorely missed.

Linda Roy
National Equality Officer