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A new push on anti-racism in the unions: will it succeed?
The TUC Anti-Racism Taskforce promises a renewed campaign that will ‘listen to black workers’ — this is good, but many of the suggestions and proposals have been waiting to be enacted for decades, writes ROGER McKENZIE
PICKING TARGETS: The ARTF has proposed organising strategies for workplaces where black workers are more likely to be employed

DO black workers want special treatment? It is a question guaranteed to make me bristle.

It is a lot like the “where are you really from” question of recent infamy which, sadly, is nothing new to many black people.

The question of special treatment often raises its ugly head as a reaction to whatever the latest report is on the conditions facing black workers and the newly found intention to do something about the racism we face.

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