Tackling Structural Racism In British Society

In this webinar we interview Roger McKenzie the Assistant General Secretary of UNISON and a candidate to be their General Secretary.

Here we interview him on the problem of institutional racism in society and the role of Trade Unions in combatting this.

We will talk about how years after the McPherson Report following the death of Stephen Lawrence racism is still widespread in our society. Roger believes that there is increasing abuse suffered by union members and public service workers who are migrants or who are Black, including himself.

How do we combat this and how do we go further and address the racial discrimination that there is in our public services, in companies and in the criminal justice system.

Recent opinion polls have shown the British public are more tolerant towards our diverse communities so why does racism still exist. This we hope to explore in this interview.