Day one of Conference began with a welcome by the current president of UNISON.
A moment of silence was all held to remember all those that have lost their lives over the past few years.
We now move to the first order of business Standing Orders Committe Report 1 and 2 was moved by the Standing orders committee. these reports were both carried.
We now receive a report from The Local Government Service Group Executive Annual Report ( you can read this below) this report was carried.
To read more about the conference and the motions due to be discussed in the following guide…
You can also read the Annual Report here…
Also composite motions can be found here
Now we discuss the motions for the morning and first we discuss Motion 3 and 3.1 as amended Covid and Long Covid – this was carried.
Motion 4 & 4.1 – New Ways of Working in Local Government is now being discussed and has been carried as amended
Motion 11 – Pay – Campaigning and Balloting was now discussed and this motion was carried
Motion 1 and 1.1 – Funding Cuts and Ethnicity Pay Gap in Local Government was debated and carried as amended
Motion 14 – Violence At Work – Its not part of the Job was discussed and this debate will continue later in conference and was paused due to timing and for a speech by the UNISON General Secretary.
Cristina McAnea UNISON General Secretary addresses conference and makes an inspirational speech and covered many issues affecting Local Government members, the current industrial action in Scotland. (click below for more info)
Cristina also finished to ask delegates to celebrate all the achievements by all of you and asked for all who can to come to the rally on Saturday 18 June 2022, click on the image below for more info.
Motion 14 – Violence At Work – Its not part of the Job was discussed and this debate was continued and this call the conference morning session was deferred to the next session.
This brings to a close the first conference session and will continue in the afternoon after lunch.