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



Thursday, 28 June 2012

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



Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Decisions of UNITE Policy Conference, Tuesday 26 June 2012

These are the decisions from Tuesday at UNITE Policy Conference 2012:

  • Composite 15 European Union (motions 96, 97, 98 & 99): Lost
  • Motion 100 European Union: Carried
  • Executive Statement 3 Political: Carried
  • Composite 16 (motions 81, 82 & 83): Lost
  • Composite 17 (motions 85, 88+amendments & 92) Links with the Labour Party: Lost
  • Composite 18 (motions 86+amendment, 87, 89 & 91) TULO: Carried
  • Motion 84 Constituency Development Plans: Lost
  • Motion 90 Cuts and the Labour Party: Lost
  • Motion 93 Referendum on Scottish Independence + amendment: Carried
  • Motion 94 Scottish parliament: Carried
  • Motion 95 The Possible Separation of Scotland from the UK: Lost
  • Executive Statement 2 Peace & Disarmament: Carried
  • Motion 55 + amendments No to Trident: Fell
  • Motion 49 + 2 amendments Solidarity with Venezuela - Defending the majority not punishing the poorest: Carried
  • Motion 50 Cuba 2012 blockade: Carried
  • Composite 8 (motions 51 & 52) Justice for Columbia: Carried
  • Emergency Motion 2 Coup d'etat in Paraguay: Carried