Category: Local Government

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)