Received from: CSP
The union movement has a vital role in tackling the politics of the far right, in the workplace and in our communities.
We recognise the TUC’s work to support union reps and members in having those difficult workplace conversations that are vital in combatting the politics of hate.
This work could be strengthened with a sharper focus on the misogyny, mysogynoir and anti-feminism that act as golden threads, connecting the contemporary far right.
The far-right shares inextricably intertwined agendas – it seeks to defend the dominance of whiteness, and also the dominance of patriarchy.
This produces particular risks for Black women. We know from the NHS Staff Survey that black women are the most likely to experience discrimination from colleagues.
The far rights’ project seeks to universalise this discrimination, harassment, and sexualised behaviours that our members face daily.
Congress calls for the TUC to:
i. review its leading union education courses, to highlight the misogyny, misogynoir and anti-feminism that is foundational to the contemporary far right
ii. compile information on how affiliate unions have acted on the recommendations contained in its groundbreaking And Then it Clicked… report on Black women’s experience of sexual harassment in the workplace
iii. through political lobbying, continue to support the union movement’s workplace and community organising against the far right.
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