STUC Demands for BAME Workers Across Scotland

That the Parliament notes the concerns outlined by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Black Workers Committee regarding social, economic and health inequalities that it considers have been exposed by coronavirus pandemic; understands that black and minority ethnic (BAME) people are overrepresented in the "at-risk" communities that have been identified by the Scottish Government, therefore highlighting long-standing inequalities faced by the BAME community in accessing and health services and treatment; further understands that BAME groups are more likely to fall into the key worker category and therefore are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19, as well as issues around protection in the workplace and access to PPE; believes that, on average, BAME workers are likelier to be paid less than their white counterparts; calls on the Scottish Government to analyse and produce the disaggregated data on the number of deaths in the BAME community as a result of COVID-19, and asks that it additionally produces an action plan to tackle what it sees as the systemic inequalities faced by BAME groups that have been brought acutely to the fore by the coronavirus pandemic.