I haven't yet posted my report on the Executive Council meeting which took place 11-14 June 2012. In the meantime fellow EC-member Sara Bennett from the Graphical Paper and Media (GPM) sector has posted a report on her new web site.
Tweet
Ian Allinson's blog about Unite the Union (the biggest union in UK & Ireland)
I haven't yet posted my report on the Executive Council meeting which took place 11-14 June 2012. In the meantime fellow EC-member Sara Bennett from the Graphical Paper and Media (GPM) sector has posted a report on her new web site.
Labels:
Executive Council,
GPM
These were the decisions on Thursday:
These were the decisions:
Labels:
BAEM,
climate change,
conference,
cuts,
disability,
environment,
equality,
housing,
law,
NHS,
nuclear,
Palestine,
pensions,
politics,
public sector,
retired members,
tax,
welfare state,
young people
These are the decisions from Tuesday at UNITE Policy Conference 2012:
Labels:
conference,
Europe,
international,
Labour,
peace,
politics,
Scotland
The policy conference agenda and other key documents are on the UNITE web site here.
The policy decisions were:
Labels:
conference,
cuts,
economy,
health and safety,
manufacturing,
media,
transport
I've posted before about the crucial workplace and branch elections currently taking place across UNITE. I'm concerned that patchy communication about these is likely to mean we end up with fewer activists than we should, weakening the crucial base of the union.
At this week's Area Activists Committee meeting I got hold of a document sent out to officers in my region, setting out the timetable beyond the current elections. I've summarised it below.
By June 2012:
Election of branch officers and workplace reps. Branch officers include Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and Equalities Officer. Workplace reps include Shop Steward (also known as workplace rep, FoC, MoC etc), Health & Safety reps, Equality Reps, Learning Reps and Environmental Reps.
The newly elected reps and branch officers take office from 1 July 2012. The default term of office is three years, but can be shorter where appropriate.
September 2012:
Each region should convene:
Labels:
area,
BAEM,
branches,
disability,
equality,
LGBT,
region,
retired members,
sector,
unite elections,
women,
young people
I attended the Manchester Area Activists Committee (AAC) meeting today - here are some of the key points:
Labels:
area,
branches,
community membership,
construction,
cuts,
manchester,
North-West,
region,
tuc,
unemployment