Motion
- Motion title
- Composite: In support of the Black members standing committee
- Session
- 2023-2024
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 31 May 2024
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 38
- Motion text
UCU Congress notes:
1. The damning report published in *THE on entrenched racism within the UCU
2. The statement of the UCU Black Members Standing Committee regarding the culture of racism within the union and the higher education sector, and the lack of action taken to deal with this in the union.
3. The Black Members' Standing Committee's (BMSC) decision to boycott further engagement with the union as a critical response to the pervasive structural racism that is deeply ingrained within our union.
4. The disregard with which the BMSC's repeated attempts to address these injustices have been met, leaving their voices unheard.
5. The failure of UCU leadership to offer anything more than warm words in response to a situation that is unacceptable to us as members of a union which should be anti-racist.
UCU Congress resolves:
a. To unequivocally condemns the Union's glaring failure to combat systemic racism and disrespect towards black members and staff.
b. To publicly express our solidarity with Black members and staff and support for the Black members standing committee.
c. To stand in solidarity with the BMSC, endorsing its bold defiance against UCU's injustices and supporting its vision for a truly inclusive union.
d. To call for an external, and independent, investigation into racism within our union.
e. To call on the General Secretary to:
§ take immediate, decisive action to dismantle the systems of oppression that silence BMSC and discriminate against our black siblings who work for the union.
• as the elected official with responsibility for the management of the UCU offices, must fully cooperate with both the Black members standing committee and the external investigation.
- Proposing body
- Composite (University of Dundee, University of Manchester)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Equality committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2024/C/05-31/054/38