• Welcome to Conference
• Annual Report debated and sanctioned.
• Unison Financial Statements Reports no 01 and 02
• President’s Speech

13: 

A Health and Safety Response to the National Crisis of Stress and its Effects on Public Service Workers

Our Branch Secretary Jane raised a round of applause for not only listing stress in the workplace on a personal level but relayed to Conference Worcestershire’s unique unpaid 3 days sick policy for WCC employees. In unison conference rang out an audible sigh of disbelief. 

22:

Tackling Health Inequalities and closing the Life Expectancy Gap

Composite A:

Social Care Crisis - The Urgent Need for reform and increased investment.

Motion 28 :

A Vision for a National Care Service.

Motion 27: 

Radical Change in Social Care in Wales Can influence  the Whole of the UK.

Speaker - Christina McAnea, General Secretary

Emphasised the need of a National Care model to be built upon the Welsh model and not on the Westminster/Scottish SNP model, which effectively moves to a care provision void of any NHS lead provision. 

Composite B:

Industial Action Ballots. 

This composite fell and was replaced by Motion 79

Motion 79:

Taking Effective Action within the Straitjacket of Anti Union Laws

Video Message from Turkish Trade Union leader, Gonul Erden.

Speaker  - Rosa Pavenneli, General Secretary , Public Services Internalional. 

Union matters makes and shapes international law at the United Nations. 

Motion 69:

Defending and Improving Women's Rights Internationally.

Motion 72:

We Need to Talk about Palestine

Amendments to Rules and Schedules

Rule D Young Members' Seat

Rule G Branch Meetings

Rule G Branch Officers 

Rule G The Branch secretary

Rule G Branch Organisation (withdrawn)

Rule C Honorary Life Members.

Rule D Service Groups

Rule G Branch Officers (withdrawn)

Motion 84:

Effective Use of Our Union's Resourses to Build our industrial Action Fund and Capacity to Deliver Effective Industrial Action.

Card vote called post inconclusive show of hands.

Motion 84 Card Vote:

Motion is rejected

Speaker:

Rosaena Allin-Khan, Shadow Minister for Mental Health.

Speaker:

Dr. Neville Lawrence

Presentaion:

Dr. Neville Lawrence - Honorary Membership

Motion 78:

The northern Ireland Peace Process 25 Years On

Reprioritised Motions :  (The Snake)

Motions run out the day ontil conference end and include:

Motion 54:

2023 Year of Black Worker

Motion 52:

Cost of Living Crisis and Black Workers

Motion 25:

Defend Abortion Rights

Motion 56:

Securing the Legacy of the Year of Disabled Workers

Composite B:

Outsourcing, Procurement and Ending the Two-Tier Workforce in Public Services. 

Motion 48:

The Climate Emergency Post COP27 and Decarbonising UK Public Services.