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National and Local Government Conferences 2009
The Branch's delegates enjoyed a busy week at Brighton; these confrences set UNISON's polices and objectives. Please read our 2009 Conference Report

UNISON South West Regional Council - October 2008
The Branch has submitted the following motions to South West Regional Council
People Before Profit (also see http://peoplebeforeprofit.wordpress.com/ for more info)
Campaign to Oppose Private Social Work Practices

National Delegate Conference 2008
17-20 June, Bournemouth.

The Branch sent a delegation and sbmitted Motions to both National Delegate and Local Government conference again this year.

Conference News
Below are a selection of debate highlights from the Conference

Protecting workers from privatisation
(19/06/08) Conference today condemned the government's failure to keep its promise to end the two-tier workforce. Conference also called on the union to mount a campaign to oppose further outsourcing, marketisation and privatisation. More from UNISON

Conference warns of marketisation threat
(19/06/2008) UNISON reaffirmed its passionate defence of public services in the face of a "new squeeze" from the government's obsession with privatisation. More from UNISON

A worrying experience
(17/06/08) This "insane government ideology" is not new, said national executive speaker Annette Mansell Green, but the "scale and rapid growth" of involvement by private companies is."What does IBM know about the health and safety of a police community support officer?" she aske - and yet companies like IBM are moving in to run private services in the public sector. Richard Antliff from Somerset offered his branch's experience. More from UNISON

Stop the violence
(17/06/08) Violence and aggression are not part of the job, declared UNISON's national delegate conference today, reaffirming the union's commitment to protecting public service workers. More from UNISON

More news from National Delegate Conference

National Local Goverment Service Group Conference 2008
15-16 June, Bournemouth

'Now is the time to build'
(17/06/08) UNISON's local government conference has pledged to continue to defend council housing, and to carry on fighting for decent housing for all Delegates welcomed the government's commitment to building new houses, but determined to make sure they were council-owned - because "housing belongs in local authorities." More from UNISON

Campaign against academies continues
(17/06/08) The campaign against academies will go on at the same time as UNISON recruits and organises within them, conference agreed. More from UNISON

Soaring petrol prices hit public services
(16/06/08) 'Eyewatering' increases in the cost of petrol mean that council staff who drive their cars for work are now subsidising their employers. More from UNISON

Conference hears grim tale of privatisation
(16/06/08) The privatisation and fragmentation of social care is already underway and will only be exacerbated by the introduction of individual budgets, conference heard. More from UNISON

The Branch submitted the following motions to the above conferences:

  • Moving Beyond the Two-Tier Workforce
  • Public Services not Private Profit
  • Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships (NDC)
  • Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships (Local Gov)
  • Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships/Shared Services
  • Strategic Service Delivery Partnerships (2)
  • Trade Union Councils
  • National Shop Stewards Network
  • Rule Change

    • UNISON South West Regional Council - May 2008
    For full details of May regional Council, including agenda and motions submitted, plase read more

    Emergency Motion BNP Standing in Chard
    Summary of other motions submitted to Regional Council and amendments

    UNISON Conferences

    UNISON's policy is formed at it's conferences.

    We have regional conferences 3 times a year which help form policy at a regional level and then once a year we hold national conferences.

    There is a conference for each service group within UNISON to form policy for that group, eg, Local Government, Health, Police, Gas, Further Education and Water and then there is a National Delegate Conference where delegates from all services groups attend where motions and policy across the sectors is formed.

    This year the National conferences were in Bournemouth from June 18th to June 23rd.

    The Branch also has a number of members who are elected onto South West Regional Committee, South West Communication Committee, South West Regional Council.

    The Branch also has a delegate to South West TUC

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    Previous Years' Conferences -

    National Delegate Conference 2007 (19-22 June, Brighton)

    Government faces united fight on pay
    (22/06/07) Delegates at the union’s national conference in Brighton this morning voted unanimously for a motion demanding the government abandon its 2% public sector pay freeze. More from UNISON

    Full details of all National Delegate Conference Decisions from UNISON

    National Local Goverment Service Group Conference
    (17-18 June, Brighton)

    Full details of all Local Government Service Group Conference decisions

    As in recent years, we have wrote and submitted a number motions to National Conference, some will also go to Local Government conference. The following motions were agreed at Branch Council on 13th February.

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    National Delegate Conference 2006

    The Best Education for All Composite D included our motion on Education. Carried

    Our motion about council housing formed part of Composite C was the last debate of the week and was carried.

     
     

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