Decisions of UNITE Policy Conference, Wednesday 27 June 2012

These were the decisions:

• Composite 19 (motions 105+amendment, 106, 107 & 108) Defend the NHS: Carried
• Composite 20 (motions 109 & 110) Council Housing: Carried
• Motion 112 + 2 amendments Public Services, Jobs & Pay: The Fightback: Carried
• Motion 111 Rent Control to Replace Benefit Caps: Carried
• Motion 113 Shared Services / Contracting Out: Carried
• Motion 114 Campaign Against the Cuts: Carried
• Motion 115 Wealth Tax: Carried
• Motion 116+amendment Benefit Cuts: Carried
• Emergency Motion 10 A Tax On Young People: Carried
• Motion 118 Private Finance Initiative (PFI): Carried
• Motion 117 Campaign for the Reform of National Insurance Contributions: Remitted
• Motion 119 Yvonne Hossack Campaigner against Care Home Closures: Lost
• Emergency Motion 3 National Collective Bargaining: Carried
• Emergency Motion 8 Legal Aid Bill: Carried
• Emergency Motion 11 Hidden Agenda of the Localism Bill: Carried
• Composite 11 (motions 69+amendments & 71) Defending Pensions: Carried
• Composite 12 (motions 70, 72+amendments & 80) Occupational Pensions: Carried
• Composite 13 (motions 74+amendment, 76, 77 & 78) State Pensions: Carried
• Composite 14 (motions 75 & 79+amendment) Dignity for Pensioners: Carried
• Motion 73 Enhanced Retirement Provision: Remitted
• Motion 26 Diversity in the Union: Lost
• Motion 35+amendment Equality Monitoring in Appointments: Carried
• Motion 36 Getting Involved: Carried
• Motion 40 Job Equality: Carried
• Motion 27 BAEM Members at the heart of the Unite Community Sectino: Carried
• Motion 28 BAEM workers voice needs to be heard now: Remitted
• Composite 6 (motions 30+amendment, 31, 32 & 33) Disabled Workers: Carried
• Motion 29+2 amendments Disability Hate Crime: Carried
• Motion 34 Adherence to Article 19: Carried
• Motion 37 LGBT Education and Zero Tolerance to Discrimination: Carried
• Motion 38+amendment 2 (amendment 1 was remitted) Organising and Young People: Carried
• Motion 39 Young Workers - Underpaid or Unpaid: Carried
• Motion 104 Votes at 16: Carried
• Motion 41+amendment Asylum Seekers: Carried
• Motion 42+amendment Gypsy and Traveller Law Reform: Carried
• Motion 43 Moroccan Workers in Gibraltar: Carried
• Executive Statement ES1 Balanced Energy Policy: Carried
• Composite 3 (motions 17 & 18) Nuclear Power: Fell
• Motion 16 Nuclear Motion 2012: Withdrawn
• Composite 4 (motions 20, 21+amendment, 23 & 24) Green Jobs and Sustainable Development: Carried
• Motion 19+amendment Low Carbon Industrial Strategy: Fell
• Motion 22 Integrated Planning Regulation: Carried
• Motion 25 Hydraulic Facturing / Fracking: Carried
• Motion 101 CLASS Action: Carried
• Motion 102 Unite Code of Conduct for Employers: Remitted
• Motion 103 National Shop Stewards Network: Remitted
• Motion 44 Palestinian Child Prisoners in Israeli Detention: Carried
• Motion 45 Support for Gaza: Carried

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