Category Archives: Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement General files

BG/BTU/4/1

File comprises label listings of Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (BTUSM) union members and their contact details; BTUSM constitutions; BTUSM issued circulars and reports; legal correspondence re the Racism Awareness Programme Unit (RAPU); application for financial assistance from the Greater London Council and associated re grants; correspondence concerning BTUSM internal dispute; meeting agenda, correspondence and circulars relating to the restructuring of the BTUSM through a ‘Special Membership Meeting’, held 10 Feb 1985; and Minutes of the Caretaker meeting, held 13 Feb 1985.

BG/BTU/4/2

File mainly deals with and contains documents relating to the internal factional dispute within the Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement (BTUSM) [eg includes report entitled ‘Areas of Difference Between CROB and the Elitist Faction in BTUSM’, as prepared by Bernie Grant on behalf of the Committee for the Re-organisation of BTUSM (CROB)]; BTUSM financial accounts; label listing of BTUSM members and contact details; BTUSM constitution dated Jun 1984; agenda and circulars of BTUSM Co-ordinating Committee meetings; agendas and notices of meeting issued by other committees within the BTUSM; BTUSM correspondence relating to internal incident; letter of resignation from Bernie Grant as an employee of BTUSM.