TUC DISABLED WORKERS CONFERENCE 2021 – REGISTRATION
This year the TUC Disabled Workers Conference will be held as a virtual conference. The conference is scheduled to run from Wednesday 10th March until Thursday 11th March and registration to attend is open to all. The timetable for the conference is as follows:
Wednesday 10th March 2021: The unequal impact of Covid-19 on disabled workers
Session Conference debate
Time 14:00 to 16:10
Title Organising against the unequal impact of covid-19 on disabled workers
Speakers Frances O’Grady, General Secretary TUC Dave Alan, Co-Chair of the TUC Disabled Workers Committee
Thursday 11 March 2021: The role of trade unions in securing and enforcing Reasonable Adjustments
Session Panel Discussion
Time 12:00 to 13:30
Title The role of visibility in tackling disability discrimination
Speakers TBC
Session Conference debate
Time 14:00 to 16:10
Title The role of trade unions in securing and enforcing Reasonable Adjustments
Speakers TBC
The CWU do have an involvement at the conference. Those interested in attending the Disabled Workers Conference will need to pre-register. Once registered, attendees will be sent regular updates containing conference documents and links to sign up for the individual sessions that will be running along with panel debates and fringe events.
Registration will be open until the day prior to the Conference, but attendees are encouraged to register before 25th February 2021 to ensure that they receive all communications and have enough time to secure their place at any breakout sessions.
To obtain as high attendance as possible we encourage you to circulate this information to your members. The link to register is as follows:
www.tuc.org.uk/TUCconferences