We first receive both Standing orders committee report one was carried. Standing orders committee report two, there was references back made to this report which will feature in subsequent reports. Both carried, these can be found here…
We firstly have the moving of the first part of the Annual Report
Glen Williams , Chair, Local Government Service Group Executive, this report was received and carried.
You can read this here…
We now move to the moving of Motions, the first motion to be discussed is;
Motion 8 – Supporting and developing young members and activists within the UNISON Local Government Service Group. This Motion was carried
Motion 4 – Gender Pay Justice for Women – This Motion was carried
Composite A – Make 2024 the Year of the LGBT+ workers and embedding LGBT+ equality in Local Government – This Motion was carried
Motion 3 – Next steps for our work on the Disability Employement Charter – a bargaining approach – This Motion was carried
We now hear a speech from Cristina McAnea UNISON General Secretary
We then continue with discussions on motions
Motion 41 – Workplace Violence – This Motion was carried
Motion 40 – Maternity pay in Local Government – This Motion was carried
Motion 38 – Erosion of T&Cs , Pay and protection – This Motion was carried
Motion 39 – Stop Charging disabled members to go to work – This Motion was carried
Motion 33 – Living Wage as part of a pay strategy – This Motion was Lost
Motion 35 – Demand that councils and other NJC employers recompense staff who have overpaid tax and NI due to lump-sum backpay form pay awards, and avoid future overpayments/impacts on benefits. – This Motion was carried
Motion 37 – Car allowance rates as part of our national pay negotiations – This Motion was carried
Motion 42 – Food Standards Agency – Pay, Terms & Conditions – This Motion was carried
Motion 6 – Black Social Workers face disproportional disciplinary and capability procedures – This Motion was carried
Motion 7 – Council Bankruptcy and its Impact on Black Workers – This Motion will roll over to order of business on Monday.
Monday Session
We now move to Standing Orders Committee Report No3, there has been references back being made these will be reported back in subsequent reports.
We now move to the moving of motions these start with Composite C – End the collapse of Local Government and renew the call for fair funding to a New Government – this motion was carried.
Motion 30 – Pay and Funding in Local Government – this motion was carried as amended
Motion 32 – Cuts in domestic violence services – this motion was carried as amended
We now receive a guest speaker – Sue Sanders CEO Schools Out, Co-Founder LGBT+ History Month UK.
You can see Sue in action in the below Ted Talk Video.
Following this very informative speech we then continue motions and we hear about Motion 45 – Government Meddling / coercion in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Now for Composite D – Defending and improving our Pensions – this motion has been carried
We now hear from the International Speaker Lina Monitilla Diaz, from Central Unitaria de Trabajdores (CUT)
We now hear the final standing orders report number 4.
We now move to the Education and Children’s Services (Section 4) of the annual report.
Motion 20 – Further Education and Pay is now being moved and this was carried.
Motion 13 – Insource Children’s Trust – this motion was carried
Motion 15 – A New negotiating body for school support staff – this motion was carried as amended
During this motion Becky Everett your Branch Secretary spoke in support of this motion, you can watch her speech below…
Motion 23 – Organising in Education – this motion was carried
Composite B – Crisis in our Schools, School Support Staff need our support – this motion was carried
Motion 19 – Preventing Violence Against School Staff – this motion was carried
Motion 22 – Organising outsourced workers in the college sector – this Motion was carried
Motion 21 – Improving stress levels in colleges – this motion was carried
Motion 18 – Impact of OFSTED on Support Staff Must be Acknowledged – this motion was carried
Motion 5 – Tackling the exploitation of migrant workers – this motion was carried as ammended
Any of the motions that weren’t discussed during the conference will be considered by the Local Government Service Group Executive at their next meeting.
The motions are as follows
Motion 11 – A Real National Care Service
Motion 12 – Organising LGBT+ workers in social care
Motion 9 – Defending our Social Workers
Motion 10 – Supporting the next generation of social workers
Motion 14 – A New Negotiating Body for Early Years Workers
Motion 24 – Cuts in Education and the Impact on Women & Children in Northern Ireland
Motion 28 – Real investment in Local Government before S:114 becomes the ‘new normal’
Motion 31 – Housing budget cuts
Motion 34 – NJC Pay Negotiations & Universal Credit: The Impact of Delays to Pay Negotiations on Low-Income Families
Motion 36 – Campaign for a Pay and Grading Review
Motion 46 – Governmental meddling/coercion in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Motion 47 – Governmental Meddling/coercion in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
