UCU: Health and safety impacts of workplace racism

Motion

Motion text: Congress recognises that the experience of workplace racism can and does
include:
1. Serious detriment to well-being arising from harassment or bullying;
2. Employer failures to fulfil statutory obligations, particularly for disabled Black
staff and when Black staff experience long-term sickness;
3. Targeting of Black staff by students and/or the wider public as part of
organised racist movements.
Employers have a responsibility to make our workplaces safe for members to
carry out their work.
Congress agrees:
a. To create campaign materials to educate members and the wider community
on the health and safety impacts of workplace racism;
b. To create a campaigning and negotiating guide to improve workplace safety
for Black members;
c. To work with other campus unions, including the NUS, to devise a shared
approach addressing racism as a health and safety impact.