16 – 17 June 2019
ACC Liverpool
Download the Conference decisions below under resources.
Registration and Enquiries
If you want to attend the conference, please contact your branch who can register you as a delegate or visitor on the Online Conference System.
If you have any queries about the conference, contact our conference office (see details below).
Please help us to help the environment
We’re doing our best to reduce the environmental impact of our conferences. This year, we are providing all delegates with the chance to opt out of being sent paper copies of our conference materials as part of the delegates’ despatch. All these documents will be available online via the conference app, and on the UNISON website. You can then download them onto your laptop or tablet to view online while you are at conference. If you wish to opt out please indicate this on the ‘Extras’ screen options on the Online Conference System (OCS). If you do not opt out, you will be sent all documentation in hard copy form.
For further information, please see the ‘Opting Out’ document below.
Venue and Accommodation
Venue
ACC Liverpool, Kings Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, L3 4FP
Accommodation
Branches are encouraged to arrange accommodation through Liverpool’s accommodation booking service, Marketing Liverpool. Using the booking service supports the work of our members in local government and ensures our continuing ability, as a not-for-profit organisation, to secure preferential rates for our conference venues.
For full details of current availability and for bookings please go to:
https://book.passkey.com/go/UNISON2019
You can also e-mail: conferences@marketingliverpool.co.uk or telephone 0151 600 2996
Travel arrangements
Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel. Travel application forms are included in the conference bulletin (see below).
Wherever possible, please ensure train tickets are delivered to you directly as collecting them from stations incurs an extra charge.
Travel costs for Delegates and Sharer 1’s will be funded nationally; travel costs for Visitors and Sharer 2’s must be paid for by the branch.
Branches are responsible for funding their delegates and visitors attendance at conference. Subsistence should cover the cost of accommodation, meals, childcare, dependent care and facilitation.
Who should attend
Full details on who can attend, branch representation, proportionality and fair representation are available in the conference bulletin (see below).
Contact the Conference Office
UNISON Conference Office, UNISON Centre, 130 Euston Road, London NW1 2AY
Tel: 020 7121 5123
Resources
Conference Motions
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Excluding future HE, FE and sixth form staff from LGPS (England)
Carried
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Opposing the Cap on Exit Payments
Carried
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Increasing access for young workers to training and professional development
Carried
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Divest from Carbon Campaign – Save our future, save our planet
Carried
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Councils at breaking point – highlighting the damage
Carried
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LGBT – the + factor
Carried
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Undermining of terms and conditions
Carried
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Local government apprenticeships – same work, sub-par pay
Carried as Amended
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Food Standards Agency – pay, terms and conditions
Carried
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Education funding formula
Carried
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Double jeopardy – the impact of local government cuts on women
Carried
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Women, wellness and work
Carried as Amended
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A breakthrough in tackling stress and bullying/harassment
Carried
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Safeguarding LGPS Investments
Carried as Amended
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Knife crime and cuts to youth services
Carried as Amended
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Black members mentoring scheme in local government
Carried
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Continuing to promote the Ethical Care Charter
Carried as Amended
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Further education colleges should be the only provider of apprenticeships
Carried as Amended
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A state of crisis in local government
Carried as Amended
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Bring back the Education Maintenance Allowance
Carried
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Income generation
Carried
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Social care cuts
Carried
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Housing out of reach for public service workers!
Carried as Amended
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Negotiating disability leave policies with local government employers
Carried
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Exemptions from hot-desking – a reasonable adjustment for disabled workers
Carried
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Facility time
Carried
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Cuts to pastoral support in schools
Carried
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Local service champions
Carried
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Libraries at breaking point
Carried
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Zero hour contracts
Carried as Amended
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Crisis in social care
Carried
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The Youth Work Profession
Carried as Amended
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Recruiting and organising fire and rescue staff
Carried
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Regional Pay Bargaining
Carried