GFTU BGCM Report 2017

Introduce a new extensive face to face and online education curriculum. This has been achieved our biggest and most extensive programme has been launched. Build on partnerships with academics and institutions and partners. Great successes have been achieved and these are reported on in the Education Trust report. Hold successful meetings with union specialist officers for finance, IT, education, etc and sustain the General Secretary’s group. Future dates planned and successful meetings held. Build the trade union education forum as the forum for discussion between educators. From February onwards. Very successful meetings held. Create a new online ethical shop through New Internationalist – launch TUC. Launched September 2016. To be launched September 2017, titles agreed, databasing internationally for promotional work agreed. Find long term sustainable future for the Pensions Trust. An improved position has taken us a long way in this direction. Raise GFTU’s profile. Wider press coverage has been achieved, a strenuous marketing strategy for the hotel and GFTU and education programme are in place and our TUC presence amongst unions has been noted. Create a new international trade union publishing house imprint through New Internationalist.

Make a considered, quality contribution to the EU referendum debate. Three seminars were organised with Keele University representing all shades of opinion. Establish GFTU Credit Union. This has not yet been achieved. Review BGCM policy implementation. Throughout. See report on implementation. Extend GFTU services and open new income streams. This has been achieved. Progress commitment to training health and safety trainers in Vietnamese trade unions. Significant progress made. Progress exploration of marketing a new funding stream through a workers’beer and wine. A new Federation Beer should be launched soon, ongoing discussions concerning a GFTU wine.

Below: Anne Pettifor

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