UK: Equality Conference Tries To Defend ‘No Straight White Men’ Policy

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'A university lecturers’ union has tried to defend its controversial decision to exclude straight, white men from equality conferences.
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Today, a spokesman for UCU attempted to explain the decision – despite the blatant irony in banning a select group from the next equality summit.

The spokesman told Heat Street: “[Our] members voted to continue the convention whereby different groups of people meet at a conference to discuss unique obstacles they face in the workplace. This is standard practice throughout the trade union movement, and certainly not a new initiative.”

They added: “Anyone can attend the plenary sessions and there is also an equality reps conference that anyone interested in equality can attend. It is the specific four equality conferences (Black members, women, disabilities and LGBT) that are for people within those groups.”'