Scroll your way through 25 years of organising for equality at ASLEF. Click on each item for more information.
2001
Consultative Committees hold their inaugural meetings
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The first ASLEF members attend the TUC Lesbian and Gay Conference
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The first ASLEF delegation attends the TUC Black Workers Conference
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ASLEF sends its first delegation to STUC Women’s Conference
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ASLEF holds its first women’s school at Wortley Hall
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Consultative Committees launch newsletters
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The Sexual Equality Consultative Committee introduces a confidential mailing list for LGBT members
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ASLEF carries out a monitoring exercise to gather ethnicity data for the membership
2004
Representatives from each Consultative Committee are present at AAD to give a verbal report
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AAD adopts rule which allows consultative committees to send a delegate to the conference
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Branch Equal Opportunity reps are added to the ASLEF rule book
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Paul Patmore becomes the first ASLEF member elected to STUC Black Workers Committee
2006
Pauline Cawood becomes the first ASLEF member elected to the TUC Women’s Committee
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The first BEM Consultative Committee motions are adopted by AAD
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A best practice guide on Maternity Leave is created by the Women’s Consultative Committee
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The Women’s Consultative Committee creates the unions first Domestic violence policy
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Pauline Cawood represents ASLEF at the first ITF Women’s Conference
2013
The LGBT Representative Committee launch the ‘who’s gay’ campaign to challenge workplace homophobia
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The separate newsletters for each equality strand are replaced by Equally Driven
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An ASLEF delegation attends the NLF (Norwegian train drivers trade union) women’s conference
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ASLEF sends its first elected delegation to Labour Party Women’s Conference
2017
The inaugural meeting of the Young Members Forum is held
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ASLEF holds its first equalities weekend school
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The ASLEF definition of a young member increases from 27 to 35 in line with other transport unions
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Floyd Doyle chairs the TUC Black Workers Conference
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The ‘Mind the Gag’ campaign is launched at AAD
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The ASLEF LGBT banner flies in The People’s History Museum, Manchester
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ONS data shows that train driving has the smallest gender pay gap of any job
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2018
The Young Members Forum take a tour of Parliament with the youngest Labour MP
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The Women’s Representative Committee commemorates Vote 100
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AAD rule changes bring the Young Members Representative Committee into the rule book
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Darran Brown becomes the first openly gay man to chair AAD
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The annual Freight Forum hosts a panel discussing diversity in the freight sector
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The BEM Representative Committee organises a tour of the Slavery Museum in Liverpool
2019
ASLEF’s motion to the TUC Women’s Conference on period poverty is taken forward to TUC Congress
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Debbie Reay takes part in the history making first all women’s trade union delegation to Palestine
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The Young Members Representative Committee send their first delegate to AAD
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The Mind the Gag workplace pledge is launched at AAD
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On Track with Diversity: 2019 an Update is launched in Parliament
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A fringe meeting is held at TUC Congress to promote On Track with Diversity: 2019 an Update
2020
The inaugural meeting of the Disabled Members Forum is held
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San Senik becomes the first woman elected to the BAME Representative Committee
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ASLEF holds its first LGBT+ History Month event
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ASLEF launches a menopause campaign and report on experiences of menopause in the workplace
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The union publishes a handbook for Branch Equality Reps
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The BAME Representative Committee hosts a webinar to mark Black History Month
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ASLEF celebrates Disability History Month for the first time
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2021
First ASLEF delegation to TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference
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ASLEF Disabled Members’ Forum becomes a full representative committee
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Launch of the new banner for ASLEF Young Members
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Branch Equality Reps Handbook introduced
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Unveiling of a blue plaque to honour Britain’s first black train driver
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2023
Launch of the ASLEF Women’s Network
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Scotland sees 100 women drivers for the first time
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Young Members’ Representative Committee join Instagram
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A delegation of ASLEF Young Members visits Cuba
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No to transphobia and no to homophobia poster campaign
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ASLEF promotes disability equality on the international stage
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