To build a fairer society we need to engage across our communities
(Motion to LRC AGM 05.09.20 from the BFAWU)
Conference agrees
The C-19 health crisis has demonstrated that we are all connected and depend on each other. This crisis has exposed what many of us already knew – the system is not fit for purpose. We need a new way, built on fairness and equality. We cannot go back to business as usual and we must not allow those who have carried the burden of austerity to shoulder that burden again.
Conference recognises
It's only by standing together and taking action together that we can make the changes needed to say “never again”.
Politics is not just about Parliament or the leadership of parties. Politics is about our everyday lives and the way we choose to either build a better future or accept the status quo.
It is only by working people standing up and raising our voices that politicians will take our views seriously. We are stronger when we do that together - no matter what our identity, no matter our gender or our race, what unites us is our class.
For the LRC to play a role in this we need to develop a strategy around community and workplace engagement which can assist in helping spread the message around the importance of political engagement and provide credible solutions to the problems we face.
Conference resolves
That the LRC NEC works with members and affiliates to develop a recruitment and engagement strategy to build our strength and reach
That the LRC works with trade union affiliates on recruitment campaigns to identify and train a new generation of activists
That the LRC agrees to campaign and support the call for the minimum wage for all workers to be raised to £15ph
That the LRC works with Don’t Leave, Organise to identify and support other broad and inclusive campaigns that deliver on the aims above
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