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UNISON Local Government Service Group Conference 2023 – Afternoon Final Session – Day 2

We now return to conference and we hear a speech from Mehmet Bozgeyik, Co-President , The confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK), Turkey you can find out more about this Confederation below on their international Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/kesk_int?s=20

we now move on to the motion discussions of Social Care and the first is Motion 40 – Care Workers – this motion was carried

To view the motions you can read them in the below document…

We now discuss Motion 42 Council Provided Care – this motion was carried as amended 42.1

motion 43 – Caring for our Carers – this motion was carried

Motion 41 – Adult Social Care – this motion was carried

LGBT+ Bargaining Guide was raised at this point, you can find this here..

You can also find other bargaining guides here..

We now move onto the discussions of the motions around Recruitment and Organising, the first is Motion 38 – Improving Facility time for Local Government activists – This motion was carried

Motion 39 – Empowering our reps in the fight against outsourcing – this motion was carried – this motion was carried

Now the order of business has been completed we now move to the moving of motions that were previously prioritised but not moved yet.

Motion 24 – Building trans equality in local government – this motion was carried

please talk to you branch if you would like to take part in Trans Ally Training, you can also find this useful Trans Ally Guide…

Also mentioned is that today marks the Anniversary of shootings of the shootings in pulse Nightclub in Orlando.

Motion 27 – Fighting cuts to local services and protecting disabled workers jobs – this motion was carried

The 12 motions not moved at this conference will be passed back to the Local Government Service Group Executive to be moved and report its decisions in due course.

This concludes the Local Government Service Group Conference for this year, we hope you found these blog updates useful and we will return tomorrow with more updates from this years National Delegate Conference (NDC) 2023.

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UNISON Local Government Service Group Conference 2023 – Morning Session – Day 2

Welcome back to this years conference we begin with the moving of the Standing Orders Report 4, this sets out the business for todays conference session.

We first pause conference for a NJC (National Joint Council) photo call to show full support for the NJC Pay Ballot.

You can find out more about the NJC Pay Campaign and useful tools to use here…

We then move to the Debate of motions continuing from yesterdays motion. which was Motion 32 – Menopause awareness and support in Local Government, following emotional accounts of the struggles of those affected by menopause this was carried as amended 32.2.

The next section of the Annual Report 2023 is The Future of Local Government Funding and Cuts is moved by Matthew Egan. You can read the Annual Report here…

We Then move to the next motion, Motion 15 – Cuts and Funding – this motion was carried as amended 15.2

You can read about these Motions in the Conference guide here…

Motion 14 – Fighting for the Future of Local Government – this motion was carried

Motion 17 – Local Government Funding – a National Crisis – This motion was carried

Motion 16 – The Cost-of-living crisis and Local Government Workers – This Motion was Carried

Here is Jill Speaking on behalf of this motion, you can watch by clicking play below.

Emergency Motion 1 – is now being discussed and you can read this below – this motion was carried

This concludes the discussions of motions in this section, we now return to the remaining motions not reached on Sunday morning.

Motion 18 – Food Standards Agency – Pay, Terms and Conditions, is now being discussed – this motion was carried

We now receive a speech from Christina McAnea, General Secretary of Unison.

Cristina mentioned the Every Day Action Hero campaign you can read more in the article below.

Watch the campaign below.

Christina highlights how important the NJC Pay Ballot please make sure you use you opportunity to vote.

This concludes this session of the Local Government Conference 2023 and will be back for this afternoons session 2023.

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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.