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Community Conference 2023 – Day 2

The morning of this years conference began with an address by Andrea Egan who will chair the conference.

Andrea drew attention to the Presidents charity this year here are more details for you…

You Can find more about the project and how to contact them below…

Andrea also drew attention to the main campaigns UNISON are currently involved in…

When pay rises by less than our bills, we’re all getting poorer. But rising prices don’t have to push people into poverty. It’s the governments choice. To end the pay crisis we need pay rises. Together we rise because together we can win. Join our fight.

You can also share your story and find some useful resources about the Pay Campaign here…

Andrea also led a message of support and solidarity to those at Saint Monicas trust who are currently facing a Fire and Re-Hire crisis.

The first item of business is to move the Standing Orders Committee report one. This report was carried.

Malcom Graham made a statement to conference, during this he introduced this years Annual report, you can read more about this below…

This annual report was carried in all sections by delegates.

We now move to the debate of the motions, you can read more about these in the conference guide below

Motion 1 – Young Members in the Community – this motion was carried.

UNISON has around 63,000 young members. If you are a UNISON member and under 27 years of age you are automatically entitled to participate as a young member. click below if you would like to find out more.

We now move onto Motion 2 – Fire and re-hire dismissal and re-engagement in Community – this motion was carried

You can find out more about fire and re-hire here…

Motion 3 Sick Pay in Social Care is now being discussed – this motion was carried as amended as 3.1.

Motion 4 Income £39.30 a week – the reality of Sick Pay in social Care – this motion was carried as amended 4.1

Motion 5 Abolish Workers being charged for their DBS Check is now being discussed and was carried as amended 5.1

Motion 6 Low pay in the Voluntary and Community Sector has fallen as the mover wasn’t available to move the motion.

Motion 7 Championing a real Living Wage for Community is now being moved and was carried, we heard accounts from all speakers on how whey are affected by lower pay and the struggles this brings with it.

Motion 8 Social Care still on it’s knees – this motion was carried

Motion 9 Charity Sector Pay was discussed and carried

Motion 10 Women in Community Jobs and the Cost Of Living Crisis this motion was carried as amended 10.1

Motion 11 Staffing Crisis in Social Care this motion was carried

Motion 12 Staying Alive: Pay and the Survival of LGBT+ services this motion was carried

Motion 13 Supporting regional development in Community this motion was carried

Motion 14 Securing the Legacy of the year of Disabled Workers in Community workplaces this motion was carried

During this motion there was a mention of the disabled member training details of which can be found here..

Following this motion this brought conference to a close after a lunch break for this year, it was a very useful conference and sets the work plan for the net year to ensure all those in the Community Sector are supported and protected in the future.

In the bucket collection £67.30 was raised for the presidents charity today.

We hope you’ve found this update useful, look out for future blogs from UNISON Conferences over the following year.

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Community Conference 2023 – Day 1

To open the day your delegation attended the Housing Association sector meeting various housing issues were discussed including the 7% increase cap for rent, Tenants are not facing a hike however resources for managing the stock is having an impact, Housing benefit in effect is reduced due to this.

Housing associations are trying not to recognise trade unions and it’s difficult to know how many members are in each workplace

Then following a break for lunch the seminar begun and Christina McAnea has sent her apologies to this conference, Claire Williams national secretary will be speaking in her absence.

She raised issues of how much of the cost of living has impacted the community sector, including Housing, Voluntary sector and Social Care. community is at the forefront of this. look at how we organise across all sectors and hope to see change in the future. Improved communications to adapt to the changing world of work. review ways members can access support, access learning, and the UNISON College (click below to find out more)

Prioritising a social care campaigning work to increase strength in this sector.

Following this speech there was mention of the year of the black worker. you can find out more about that by clicking below…

Following this questions were asked and Claire and Jon Williams answered various questions from the seminar.

We now hear a speech from Nye Cominetti from Resolution Foundation – “Who Cares? The experience of social care workers, and the enforcement of employment rights in the sector”

We now hear from Jo Gallaway, UNISON Regional Secretary, Organising & Recruitment Strategy Development Project.

Jo Gallaway took questions from attendees and then concluded her presentation.

This concludes todays session tomorrow will be the beginning of the conference session.

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UNISON Community Conference 2022 – Glasgow – Day 2 Conference Session

Conference began and the Annual Report was brought to the members and this report was carried. you can read the Annual Report by clicking on the image below…

Now we move onto conference business and the discussion of motions, you can read about these in the conference guide by clicking on the image below….

The first Motion to be discussed is – Motion 1 – Organising to achieve fairer pay in Social care, amendment 1.1 has fallen and Motion 1 is carried as NOT amended.

Now motion 2 is being brought to conference this is – Social Care Recruitment and Retention Crisis. this motion was carried

next up is Motion 3 – Now is the time to put women at the heart of the economic recovery from covid by investing in social care. The motion was carried.

Motion 4 was discussed – Trans Equality in the Community Sector – Louder and Prouder! this motion was carried.

other motions were discussed and carried – Motion 5 COVID Secure workplaces for Disabled Members working in Community, Motion 6 The Future of adult social Care for LGBT+ People, Motion 7 – Reasonable adjustments for Disabled Members in Community, Motion 8 – Insourcing adult social care, Motion 9 – Campaigning on the Housing Crisis, Motion 10 – Organising to end the crisis in Social Care, Motion 11 – Care Workers From Abroad – a New form of slave Labour was carried as amended 11.1. Motion 12 – Fair Pay for all Social Care Workers also carried.

Motion 13 – Time for Change – Fell as the motion was not moved

Motion 14 – The Death of the office – Fell as the motion was not moved

Motion 15 – Stop Bosses from encroaching on your free time and compensate your overtime properly. was carried as amended 15.1

Motion 16 – Fair Sickness Absence for all – supporting better sickness absence for community workers with additional needs. – this was carried as amended 16.1.

Motion 17 – Time to recognise all Community and Voluntary Sector Workers – Was carried.

Motion 18 – Countering Fragmentation – Was Carried

Motion 19 – Charitable sector emerging from Covid – Was Carried

Motion 20 – Supporting and Organising Community Members – Was Carried

Motion 21 – Learning and Organising in Community – Was Carried

Motion 22 – Contractual Sick Pay Campaign – Was Carried

This brought conference to a close early as all business was completed in this session. There will now be no session tomorrow. There was a social get together organised to happen this evening for a chance for attendees to network and socialise with other members from across the country.

This brings to a close the Conference blog, hope you have found it useful, look out for the next one at another conference coming up very soon.