Stephen Lawrence Task Group
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Stephen Lawrence Task Group Report

Reports and publications from the Stephen Lawrence Task Group

TUC Challenges Institutional Racism in the Workplace – an action plan in response to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report
Free with sae  (11/99)

Black and Excluded: black and Asian workers in the 1990s
The report demonstrates that racism is rife in the jobs market and job prospects for black and Asian workers got worse during the 1990s.
13 pages  Free with sae  (12/99)

Qualifying for Racism
A report which shows that qualified black and Asian workers face growing race discrimination in career advancement. The TUC calls for mandatory ethnic monitoring to end discrimination against growing numbers of black and Asian workers whose opportunities for career advancement are blighted.
12 pages  Free with sae  (6/00)

Black, unionised and better paid
The report shows that black and Asian workers employed in companies where trade unions are recognised, and are covered by collective bargaining, are a massive 32 per cent better off in their pay packets. The union ‘premium’ for a black worker is an average £2.18 an hour.
3 pages  Free with sae  (4/00)

Exposing racism at work
A report of the TUC’s Root Out Racism hotline which gives case studies of the appalling levels of racist abuse which black and Asian workers face. The first-hand accounts of racism lead to stress, depression and anxiety – the report calls on employers to improve induction programmes and train workers in understanding and resisting racism.
15 pages  Free with sae  (7/00)

Respect at Work
A report of the Respect at Work conference held in Bristol in response to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry report.
10 pages  Free with sae from South West TUC  (2/00)

Survey on Collective and Partnership Agreements on Tackling Institutional Racism
Results of a survey of workplace representatives carried out by Labour Research Department with case studies of union agreements on tackling race discrimination and examples of partnership initiatives between unions and employers.
30 pages  On request from TUC Publications Department  (9/00)

Stephen Lawrence Task Group Newsletters
Issue no 1 – launch of action plan
Out of print  (3/00)

Issue no 2 – special trade union education issue
Free with sae  (4/00)

Root Out Racism Hotline: souvenir launch programme
Lists the celebrity endorsements of the TUC hotline and includes text of a poem written by Adrian Mitchell
12 pages  Free with sae  (6/00)
(limited availability)

Racism at Work – a crime in anyone’s language
A TUC Know Your Rights Leaflet outlining black workers’ legal rights at work and useful contacts.
12 pages  40p each  (6/00)

TUC Know Your Rights Hotline
For advice on rights at work telephone 0870 600 4882

Other publications
2000 TUC Black Workers’ Conference – Report
17 pages  £3  (4/00)

 

2000 TUC Black Workers’ Conference -  Agenda
40 pages  £3  (4/00)

 

Report of the 2000 TUC Black Workers’ Conference
28 pages  £2.50  (6/00)

Union Action for Race Equality: a negotiators’ guide
This booklet examines the issues facing black workers both in the workplace and in their trade unions.  It covers race discrimination law, collective bargaining and race equality and the particular problems faced by black women
56 pages  £3.20  (1/98)
ISBN 1 85006 411 3

To be published Autumn 2000

Tackling Racism – TUC Workbook
76 pages  £10.00

Challenging Racism at Work: Using the Law
36 pages  £20.00

TUC Guide to Tackling Race Discrimination at Work (revised and updated edition)

All TUC publications can be ordered through TUC Publications Department, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS (tel: 020 7467 1294).

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