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UNISON Local Government Service Group Conference 2023 – Morning Session – Day 1

Conference this morning began with the welcome and announcements from the current president of Unison Andrea Egan

We now move onto the movement of the Standing orders committee report 1 & 2 which contain the up-to date order of business of this years conference. You can read more about this and the motions discussed here…

We now move to the moving of this years SGE Annual report 2023 this is moved by Glen Williams.

Glen drew attention the current strike action happening across the country

You can read this Annual Report below…

Now we move to the Motions for this years conference,

the first motion is for Composite C – Securing a Legacy and making 2023 the year of the Black Worker in Local Government Workplaces. This Composite motion was carried.

You can find more resources in the articles below (click on the images for more details)…

You can read about this and the other Composite motions here…

Motion 21 – Pay Campaigning in Local Government was then discussed, this motion was carried. To read this you can find it in the above conference guide document.

We now move to the discussion of the composite motion D – Pay Campaigning and Beating Industrial Action Thresholds – this motion was passed.

At this point please make sure you use your right to vote if you have received your strike ballot for the NJC Pay Claim 2023 to find out more about the campaign please click below.

The CQC strike actions were raised at this point also…

The next motion to be discussed is Motion 31 – Campaigning for better pay and preparing for industrial action. – this motion was carried as amended 31.1

During this section the use of social media was highlighted particularly focusing on the safety of campaigning and dealing with online threats

Motion 33 – Promoting the Anti Racism Charter in the Public Sector this motion was carried.

You can read below this chapter and click on this for more information.

Motion 19 – Equal Pensions for Surviving Spouses and Civil Partners – this motion was carried

The Goodwin Case was brought up as part of this motion regarding the equal treatment of same-sex partners and those in a civil partnership for pensions. You can read more below a about this case…

This concludes this mornings session and any motions for this session that have not been discussed will be taken at the end of the afternoon session.

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Newsletter – Summer Update – August 2022

Here is our newest edition of our Newsletter please click below to view it we hope you find it useful…

In this issue you will find…

Branch Secretary Update

Free Training For Members

Regional Report

DERBY PRIDE 

Fairness and Equality 

National Joint Council PAY OFFER 

and much more…

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UNISON National Delegate Conference 2022 – Final Session Day 4

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.

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.