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National Delegate Conference 2025 Day 2

We start today’s session of conference with the welcome of this morning’s chair and also the moving of Standing Orders Committee Report 3 – this was carried

We then resume to yesterdays business and a discussion that was paused on Motion 64 Unite for More Rights – this motion was carried

We then move to Composite G – Migrant Workers – this was carried and due to this Motion 73 falls

You can find more support and advice below

Motion 69 Developing the Migrant Workers Network – this was carried

You can inform people of the UNISON Migrant Workers Network by clicking on the image below.

Me now move to Emergency Motion 1 – Reaffirming UNISONs Commitment to Trans, Non-binary and Gender-diverse Rights following supreme court ruling – this motion gained some debate and was carried

We now move to the morning’s guest speaker UNISON General Secretary Cristina McAnea

You can watch Cristina’s speech here…

we start the Afternoons session with Composite Motion F – Backing the Employment Rights Bill – this motion was carried.

You can watch Becky Everett speaking on this motion here…

we now have a guest international speaker – Lee Saunders – President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

You can watch his speech here…

Please click below to learn more about the AFSCME…

Following the inspirational speech from Lee Saunders we move on to the motions on the remaining order of business. The next is Motion 9 – Support for Branch Activists – this motion was carried

Motion 11 – Neurodiversity Training for UNISON Activists – this was carried as ammended

Motion 12 – All We Ask is to be Treated with Dignity and Respect – this motion will continue to be discussed and debated in tomorrows conference session.

This concludes today’s conference day looks out for tomorrow’s update.

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Local Government Conference 2025 – Day 1

Andrea Egan welcome all to this year’s conference and covered the etiquette of the business of the day.

We then had a period of silence to remember the 72 people that were lost in the Grenfell Tower Tragedy. You can read more about this below.

We now move to the order of business and the moving of both standing orders 1&2. You can find out more on the below website (click the image to view)

We now move to the moving of this year’s Annual Report from the Service Group Executive (SGE) by Glen Williams, Chair, Local Government Service Group Executive. He covered topics

We now move to the moving of the prioritised business of today’s agenda and the moving of the first motion.

Motion 37 – Supporting Migrant Workers in Local Government – this motion was carried. As ammended 37.1 & 37.2.

You can read more about the motions in the below conference agenda.

Motion 38 – Insourcing Adult Social Care – was carried as ammended 38.1

Watch Becky speak on this motion…

We next move to the Local Government Funding and Cuts section of the Annual Report. This concluded the morning session as we next hear a speech from Cristina McAnea UNISON General Secretary.

You can watch Christina’s speech here…

Following the lunch break we then receive the Local Service Champion Awards and videos to support all those who are finalists and find out about the excellent services they provide.

The winners were Paul Brennan as Local Service Champion and also Cinthia Da Silva-Parris is this year’s Champion in Our Colleges Winner.

We the Moved to the next section of the Annual Report Section 4 – Education and Children Services,and we begin discussing the motions in this area. The first motion is, Motion 9 – The School Support Staff Negotiating Body – this was carried as ammended

Motion 15 – Engagement, education and retention of Apprentices in Local Government – was carried

Motion 11 – Tackle poor behaviour and violence in further education – this motion was carried as ammended

Motion 13 – Campaign for classroom assistants in northern Ireland – this was carried

Motion 12 – Sixth form college funding (England) -this was carried

Motion 14 – Support School Catering Services in Northern Ireland to provide Universal, Free School Meals – this was carried

Motion 10 – A new negotiating body for Early Years Workers – was carried

We now have a speech from a guest speaker, Nick Lowes , Hope not Hate, click below images to find out more.

Watch Nick’s speech below…

Standing orders committee gave a verbal report putting to conference a reduction in speaking times, for movers of motions 5 to 3 and 3 to 2 for other parts, mins This concludes today’s conference session. Look out for tomorrow’s blog update for more coverage.

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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.