Saturday 30 June 2012

Decisions of UNITE Policy Conference, Thursday 28 June 2012

These were the decisions on Thursday:

  • Composite 21 (motions 120, 122+amendment, 123, 124, 125, 126 & 127) Free Trade Unions: Carried
  • Emergency Motion 5 London Bus Strike injunctions: Carried
  • Composite 22 (motions 131, 132, 133, 134) Agency Labour: Carried
  • Composite 22a (motions 129, 130) Swedish Derogation: Remitted
  • Motion 128 Casual & Agency Labour: Remitted
  • Motion 135 No to Employment Agencies: Remitted (with the amendment which was accepted)
  • Composite 23 (motions 136, 137 & 138) Employment Rights - Equalities: Carried
  • Composite 24 (motions 139, 140, 141, 142 & 144) Facility Time: Carried
  • Motion 143 Active Support for Full Time Lay Representatives within the Public Sector: Fell due to no mover
  • Motion 145 Trade Union Reform: Carried
  • Composite 25 (motions 149 & 150) Redundancies: Carried
  • Composite 26 (motions 152+amendment, 153+amendments) Blacklisting: Carried
  • Motion 146 Homeworking: Carried
  • Motion 147 The right to collective bargaining: Carried
  • Motion 148 Works Councils: Carried
  • Motion 151 Employment Law: Carried
  • Motion 154 Information & Consultation Regulations - Making the best of an opportunity: Carried
  • Motion 155 Time off for Lifelong Learning Courses: Carried
  • Emergency Motion 14 Failure to Negotiate on NHS Pensions: Carried
  • Motion 156 Protection of Self Employed Workers 2012: Fell due to no mover
  • Motion 157 Working Time: Carried with amendment
  • Motion 158 Protecting UK Standards and Qualifications: Carried
  • Emergency Motion 4 Withdrawal of Tax Credits for Strikers: Carried
  • Composite 7 (motions 46, 47 & 48) The Middle East and North Africa: Carried with Composite Amendment 7a
  • Emergency Motion 6 Egypt: Carried
  • Executive Statement ES4 Severance Payments: Lost
  • Composite 27 (motions 159, 160 & 161) Severance Payments: Carried
  • Reinstated Motion 1 Union Finances - Officers/Staff Pensions: Remitted
  • Executive Council Report and Accounts: one point was referred back for the EC to reconsider, which was the restriction of the published expenses of senior officers under rule 19.5 to taxable expenses
  • Motion 53 Workers in Turkey: Carried
  • Motion 54 Workers Uniting and European & International Federations
  • The rest of the business which had not been dealt with was remitted to the EC



No comments: