Unity is strength March 21 - 22nd Cardiff Bay 2018

RMT NATIONAL BLACK & ETHNIC MINORITY MEMBERS’ CONFERENCE 2018

25 YEARS STRONG A LUTA CONTINUA!

RMT National Black & Ethnic Minority Members Conference 2018

Is pleased to accept Cardiff Regional Council’s invitation to host its

2018 conference in THE PIERHEAD, Cardiff Bay, CF99 1NA.

CONFERENCE STARTS WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH FROM

1PM. CONCLUDES THURSDAY 22 MARCH at 4PM
Tiger Bay - Cardiff's
dockland district - is
Wales' oldest multi-ethnic The historic home of the National
community. Sailors and
workers from over 50 Welsh Assembly, is the perfect
countries settled here. venue to commemorate 25 Years
of the National Black & Ethnic
Some of the largest
Minority Members’ Advisory
communities included the
Somalis, the Yeminis and Committee.
Greeks. Residents of many
races and backgrounds
socialised together and
intermarried, creating a
distinct community. CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS

Tiger Bay was also

notorious. A slice of red-light
district and gambling dens
between Cardiff's City Centre
and its docks, and home to a
rich mix of multi-racial
communities, it had a
powerful character of its own.
Chair: Glen Hart (Morden & Oval)
The 1960s saw the
wholesale destruction of Vice Chair: Oluwarotimi Ajayi (Paddington No.1)
large areas of the Bay and
displacement of the
community.
Liaison Committee
The 1970s and 80s saw a
new influx of refugees from
Jeffrey Blackman (Southall, Ealing & Slough)
conflicts around the world, Mohammed Ilyas (Leeds City)
and the 90s saw the birth of Nathan Wallace (Finsbury Park/Jubilee South)
the renewal of the area as a
leisure and business hot-spot
and the founding of the
National Assembly for Wales.
Union Head Office Support
Today, the Cardiff docklands Jessica Webb (Equal Opportunities Officer)
area is known as Cardiff Bay