GFTU BGCM 2019 Minutes

ear at any point telling them, “This is why we want you to vote yes”. “Have you

seen this video today?” “There is a new deal for workers campaign going on,

all the unions are part of it, do you want to be part of it?” We could talk to

them while they are at work and we could give them information that they can

download at any point and I think they would if you did it right. But that app

goes beyond that. That app is just the start for our own union. I think it could

be grown into something much bigger than that and we have got other ideas. I

need to keep them close at the moment, because they are still in the

development phase, but it will be a powerful tool.

GDPR is possibly a problem, but like a lot of things you have to overcome it,

so we have got a compliance team who are looking at that to make sure that

when we launch it we have overcome all of that.

BRO IAN LAWRENCE (NAPO): Thanks, Dave, for a fascinating report and I would

not argue with any of the points made in response. I think the key to some of

this was actually available to us yesterday. Unfortunately, you were not here

yesterday. We had the debate around the Shout Out initiative and I think all of

us were absolutely enthralled by that and its success so far and why it needs

supporting and promotion, getting out into schools, colleges, engaging with

young people at an early stage in their development and just implanting the fact

that trade unions are a force for good is a major thing. I would like the TUC to

actually step up its game in any number of ways, I agree with you, but I think

that is an initiative where they ought to be saying, “Here is the money”. Every

union should sponsor at least one school, college or whatever, at least, and get

out there. If we launched that on a concerted basis and a cohesive basis and

made that a major announcement from the TUC, that gets us in, out there and

we would need a good media campaign to do it. So we have the tools at our

disposal and I agree with you, we all want things to happen, but the TUC is not

moving quickly enough and that is why NAP love the GFTU so much. We

actually feel that we are being supported, we can do things and I do not feel we

are getting that from the TUC currently.

DAVE WARD: I agree, Ian.

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