November EC Meeting 2019

trade unions and historians of the coal industry. A book will be produced along with a website and other materials and exhibitions.

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International study of deindustrialisation.

I have indicated GFTU’s support for a funding bid for an international study of deindustrialisation and its social and economic impacts.

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Articles

I attach an article I wrote as chair of Chooseyouth on the Labour Party policy on the Youth Service in context, an article I wrote in a personal capacity on the history of the struggle for the universal franchise in context, and a piece I did as GS of the GFTU on the union busting of big EU corporations in the US south.

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EC vacancies.

Two nominations were received for the LGBT+ position and one, from the PFA for the young member’s seat. An election was triggered for the former and the young members seat nominee from the PFA filled nem con.

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Rule Book.

In the light of the agreement to revise the Rule book with regard to general neutral language, the latest version is attached.

This incorporates the explicit amendments made at the BGCM.

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Leave

I will be on leave from 18 th December- 6 th January.

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