BLACK, Asian and minority ethnic groups still experience significant discrimination at work despite repeated government inquiries to address racism in society.

Delegates at the TUC black workers conference today called on the union body’s race relations committee to keep up the pressure on the government to implement previous findings of commissioned inquiries over recent years.

A third of recommendations over the last 45 years have not been implemented, or actions taken reversed, despite stated intentions by the government at the time of the Black Lives Matter protests, a 2025 Guardian report found.

Annette Heslop, of Unison, told the conference of an “uncomfortable truth,” saying: “We don’t have a lack of evidence. We have a lack of action.

“If unions are serious about dignity, equality and justice at work, then anti-racism must be embedded in bargaining, organising, leadership and campaigning.”

She urged delegates to “send a clear message that black workers are done with delays, reversals and excuses.”

“We want action, implementation and a real change in our workplaces,” she added.