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UCU Challenging workplace racism event, Newcastle University, 10th February

Name: UCU Challenging workplace racism event, Newcastle University, 10th February
Start: 2016-02-10T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2016-02-10T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Herschel Lecture Theatre 3

10 February 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Event starts at 5pm.

Introduced by Daniel Kebede

Followed at 6pm by a discussion of the issues raised by responses to the European refugee crisis and organising for United Nations International Anti-Racism Day on 19^th March.

Black and minority ethnic (BME) workers make up a large part of UCU’s membership and share the same concerns as any other education professionals. However BME workers continue to face unique challenges in further and higher education and there is evidence that they have to work harder to get a job, face greater resistance to career progression and continue to experience discrimination and racism at work.

Racism in the workplace deepens the impact of the problems that all staff face – for example redundancies, reorganisation, pay freezes – so challenging discrimination is a crucial part of UCU’s work. The union tackles discrimination both on an individual basis – supporting individual members experiencing problems – and collectively. challenging racism within organisations and across the post-school education sector.

See the UCU national website ucu.org.uk/equality and

the UCU regional website ucunorthern.org.uk/bme