18 – 21 June 2019
ACC Liverpool
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Going to conference?
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 233 5921
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 Higher Education, Further Education and Sixth Form Staff from the Local Government Pension Scheme
Carried
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Rule D Young Members’ Organisation
Carried
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EU Exit and Protecting the Peace Process
Carried
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Young Member’s Facility Time
Carried
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ABUSE IN CARE HOMES
Carried
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Intergenerational Commission Report
Carried as Amended
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Growing the Union
Carried as Amended
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Strengthening Maternity Rights
Carried
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Fighting for an Accessible Welfare System
Carried
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Suicide awareness training for stewards
Carried
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Year of the Young Worker – Creating a Legacy For The Future
Carried as Amended
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Rule B Union Democracy
Carried
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Tackling Racism at Work
Carried
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Rebuilding Collective Bargaining
Carried as Amended
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Gun and Knife Crime – Time to Stop the Senseless Killings
Carried
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Recruitment and Retention of Members
Carried
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Nelson Mandela: Inspiring Future Generations
Carried
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Violence and Aggression
Carried as Amended
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Make 2021 the Year of Disabled Workers
Carried as Amended
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PROGRESSIVE TAXES TO END AUSTERITY
Carried as Amended
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STOPPING SOCIAL INSECURITY
Carried as Amended
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Rule G Branch Meetings
Carried
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Rule C Obligations of Membership
Carried
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Rule G Branch Officers
Carried
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Rule G The Branch Secretary
Carried
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Schedule B Benefits of Members in Education
Carried
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Smash the Gender Pay Gap
Carried as Amended
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Austerity and Public Safety
Carried as Amended
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CURBING CORPORATE POWER
Carried
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Developing Organising Resources in Branches and Regions
Carried
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RESOURCING OUR BRANCHES – A UNISON PRIORITY
Carried as Amended
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Towards a more inclusive Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Self-organised group
Carried
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Public services and EU exit
Carried
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Apprenticeships
Carried
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Abolish NHS Car Parking Charges
Carried
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Review of the Devolution Protocol
Carried
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Disability History Month
Carried
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Tackling Stress, Bullying and Harassment
Carried
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Cuba
Carried
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Carried
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Menopause and the Workplace
Carried
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Housing Crisis
Carried
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The Crisis in Social Care
Carried
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Justice for the Windrush Generation
Carried