The provisional agenda includes Bill Morris, national secretary of the TGWU Passenger Transport Group who has been invited to speak on racism and the trade unions in the Women Bernie Grant, an area officer for the National Union of Public Employwill be positive discrimination Rudy Naryan, black radical lawyer will dea with the effect of the Nationality Act on the trade Several workshops will discuss black organisation in the unions, redundancies and black workers, and the issuc around black women workers.
The steering committee that is organising the conference is comprised of Asian and Afro-Caribbean unionists.
Of the three women, 15 a senior shop steward 10- hospital NALGO branch.
person transport shop LITED steward at Longbridge and i membe of the People's National Party: one of the union memCHACCI Der: was secretary of the strike committee during ycar's lockout Birmetal's; among the others are a secretary of the Alro-Caribbean Teachers Association and a member of the construction union UCATT.
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THE Birmingham conference planned for 12 September will be a big step forward in uniting black workers to use their power in the trade unions in the interests of black peo-