UNITE Executive Council June 2012

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.

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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

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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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