Category: NEC Elections 2017

This mornings session began with the moving of Standing Orders Committee Report no. Five this was carried with no questions. We now move to the debate on Emergency Motion 6 – NEC Response this motion following debate was carried.

We now hear a video message from Shaka Hislop, Show Racism the Red Card

you can watch more of Shaka’s videos here

We then move onto the further discussions on motions and the first motion is 80 & 80.1 – CEDAW – Essential for Women’s Rights – This Motion was carried as amended and due to this motion 81 & 82 now fall. you can learn more about CEDAW by clicking below…

Motion 83 Challenging Sexism and Misogyny – Protecting Women – this motion was carried

Following this prioritised motion discussion we move to ‘The Snake’ which is a list of motions that are yet to be discussed, any motions that aren’t discussed in conference will be passed to the NEC (National Executive Committee to decide the following motions)

Composite A – Supporting Low Paid Women to be Active in Our Union – Lift as You Rise – was the first Motion to be discussed – this motion was carried

Motion 44 & 44.1 – White Ribbon Campaign – Was Carried – you can see more about this campaign below

Motion 55 – For Safety – End Support for the Nordic Model – there was a debate about this motion with many for and against and after a one – this motion was carried.

You can read more about the pros and cons of the nordic model below.

Motion 8 &8.1 – Complaints – this motion was carried as ammended

Motion 49, 49.1 & 49.2 – COVID Recovery and Rehabilitation – this motion was carried as amended

Motion 24 – Young Workers, Burnout and the Right to Disconnect: The Negative Impact of Remote Digital Work – this motion was carried.

We now hear the NEC Statement and there are also point of orders put against this Statement. This statement will be put in writing and distributed to members. at this point it was obvious that delegates left the room. At this point as you can read below it was decided to leave the conference floor due to the disappointment of the poor NEC response.

@Unisonderbycity @UNISONEastMids #undc22 UNISON members disappointed by a poor NEC response and leaving the conference floor! Members must be listened to!

— becky everett ⚫️ (@beckyeverett) June 17, 2022

@Unisonderbycity @UNISONEastMids #undc22 I have always been cross at people leaving conference early but after today I cant remain in the Conference hall. I feel the majority of the NEC have let us down! Is conference quorate? pic.twitter.com/au058DzbgN

— becky everett ⚫️ (@beckyeverett) June 17, 2022

We hope you found our blogs useful and informative over the past two conferences Local Government and National Delegate Conference. Look out for further updates in the future.

This afternoons session began with the debate of the Motion 10 – Not in Our Name – this began with a very big debate surrounding this issue. This motion had speaker for and against the motion and a point of order was made twice to put the question, however Conference decided that the debate continue both times on this important motion. The final point of order was put for the question to be put this time it was agreed to put the question, this motion was Carried.

Becky Everett your Branch Secretary spoke at conference in support of this motion, you can watch this by clicking on the link below…

You can read more on this motion below in the conference guide, click on the image to view…

Following this lengthy debate we moved on to the next Motion 11 – Not in Our Name – this motion also created a lengthy debate and after this debate the motion was passed to a card vote with results to be announced in due course.

While we wait for the result of the card vote we move on to the next motion debate. Motion 9 and 9.1 – National Executive Council and Rule Book Commitment to Fair Representation, this motion was carried as amended with qualifications.

This brings day one of the National Delegate Conference to find out more please check back tomorrow where we will update you on Day 2’s sessions.

This mornings session we were welcomed to conference and we paid respect to those we’ve sadly lost our the past few years and friends and families.

The first order of business was the Standing orders committee report No. 1 and standing orders report No. 2 and these were both carried. There were questions raised with regard to the report of the standing orders committee and where questions couldn’t be answered a meeting will be set up with the committee during committee.

We received the first part of Annual Report 2021/2022. and all sections were received and approved by conference. A minutes silence was held for the anniversary of the Grenfel Tower fire to remember those that were lost.

Details of the conference motions and amendments and the annual report can be found here…

We now receive the Financial report this report was approved by conference and you can read this in more detail below.

The president gave a speech, a number of delegates left the conference floor when the president started his speech.

We now move to a discussion of motions the first motion is Motion 15 – UNISON at 30, this motion looks to celebrate the work that UNISON has done over the past 30 years ad continue to do so. we hear from speakers in support of this motion on how much unison has done for its members. This motion was carried.

This concludes this mornings session of conference and the next session will reconvene after lunch.