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Race Report: Unison leaders demand PM recognise ‘insult’ to black workers
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UNION leaders are calling on the government to reject a controversial report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, calling it an “insult” to workers. 

In a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 27 trade union leaders claim the commission has failed to recognise the “extent and impact” of institutional and structural racism in the labour market and wider society. 

The report, led by Tony Sewell, has drawn widespread condemnation for downplaying the role of structural racism in Britain and has been rejected by several of its own contributors. 

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