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LGBT+ Rights in the Workplace

Days: 1

Date: 3 May 2019

Location: Quorn Grange Hotel

This one day course, held at Quorn, has been designed – in conjunction with the Leicester LGBT Centre – in order to provide participants with an introduction to, and a firm understanding of, the issues facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans people in the workplace. LGBT+ rights are a trade union issue, like any other, and a healthy union – just like a healthy society – looks to respect difference. GFTU affiliates also cover members working across the globe and in countries where LGBT+ rights are frequently violated or ignored (indeed homosexuality is still considered a crime in more than 70 countries). Therefore, our unions have a duty to respond to the conditions and the experiences of their members who are being sent to work in countries where their relationships are deemed to be illegal.

As a consequence, this course seeks to both raise awareness and to offer practical solutions to the problems and challenges facing trade unionists. The course will include discussion of: • LGBT+ terminology and language (including intersectionality & queer theory) • Specific problems of LGBT+ prejudice and discrimination • Government legislation both national and international • How to make your workplace inclusive • International solidarity • Workplace practices and safeguards • Pension rights and family leave arrangements

Tutor: Andrew Bolland / Leicester LGBT Centre

Recognising the Constructs: Race Discrimination

Days: 1

Date: 23 January 2019

Location: Quorn Grange Hotel

Building upon the ‘Introduction to Equalities’ course, this course is delivered – through the prism of race – to understand equality and anti-discriminatory practices. It aims to provide an insight into the 2010 Equality Act and its protected characteristics, enabling the understanding of discrimination through words and action, by using case studies and role plays.

The one day course, held at Quorn, focuses upon race discrimination and the challenging of it, whilst recognising the varying contributory factors that form the host society. It is designed as a practical guide to helping participants to improve upon their knowledge and to empower them in order to challenge discriminatory practices in their roles as activists or Reps.

Tutor: I. Lightfoot

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