12 – 13 June 2022
The Brighton Centre Kings Road Brighton East Sussex BN1 2GR
UNISON’s Local Government Service Group Executive Committee has agreed to hold a Local Government Service Group Conference on Sunday 12th June and Monday the 13th June 2022.
We have now opened the Online Conferencing System (OCS) to allow branches to register delegates and submit motions in line with the rule-book requirements.
Please note the deadline to submit motions on OCS is 12.00 noon on Friday 18th February 2022
UNISON’s Local Government Service Group Conference takes place over 2 day. All delegates and visitors may attend all sessions of conference but voting on motions is restricted to delegates only. Delegates should attend all sessions of Conference.
The conference bulletin will have further information on motion submission from the SOC and submission deadlines.
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 (OCS). Once you are registered you will receive a email confirmation from OCS.
If you have any queries about the conference, please email conferences@unison.co.uk
Travel Arrangements
Branches are asked to book all travel arrangements for conference through Stewart Corporate Travel by emailing
unison@stewarttravelmanagement.com
or telephone:
0800 091 4272
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.
Timetable
Deadline for Submission of Motions | 12.00 noon | Friday 18th February 2022 |
Publication of Preliminary Agenda | – | Friday 11th March 2022 |
Deadline for Submission of Delegates | 5.00pm | Thursday 24th March 2022 |
Deadline for crèche places | 5.00pm | Tuesday 29th April 2022 |
Deadline for Submission of Amendments | 12.00 noon | Tuesday 12th April 2022 |
Deadline for reasonable adjustment requests for access | 5.00pm | Wednesday 6th April 2022 |
Publication of Final Agenda | – | Friday 13th May 2022 |
Deadline for Emergency Motions | 12.00 noon | Wednesday 1st June 2022 |
Deadline for submitting Change of Delegates online on the OCS | 11:59pm | Wednesday 8th June 2022 |
Personal Pronouns
It is now possible to add your personal pronouns to the online conference system so that they can appear on your credentials.
For information on how to do this, please visit the UNISON website, click on events, choose your conference and scroll to the documents at the bottom of the page and open “Personal pronouns in OCS – User guide”.
If you require help, please email the conference team, conferences@unison.co.uk or telephone, 0207 121 5123.
Resources
Conference Motions
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Violence at Work – It’s Not Part of the Job!
Carried
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Pay for Members Employed by Private Contractors Delivering Local Government Services.
Carried as Amended
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Pay – Campaigning & Balloting
Carried
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Organising in Multi Academy Trusts
Carried
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Beyond Covid – Building a Better Future
Carried
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Make 2022 the Year of Disabled Workers in local government workplaces
Carried
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Promote UNISON as the Union for Social Work
Carried as Amended
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Home Working and Reasonable Adjustments
Carried
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School-based Counselling in Every Primary and Secondary School in England
Carried
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Privatisation By The Back Door
Carried
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A National Insourcing Strategy for Local Government
Carried
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Trans Equality in Local Government – Louder and Prouder!
Carried
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LGBT+ Workers and Adult Social Care
Carried
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End Misogyny and Violence Against Women
Carried
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Sexual Harassment, Still Going Strong!
Carried
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Covid-19 and the Continued Impact on Women working in Local Government
Carried
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Support the Mental Health of Staff in Colleges
Carried
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Mandatory Vaccinations
Carried as Amended
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School Support Staff
Carried as Amended
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Covid and Long Covid
Carried as Amended
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Care Workers
Carried
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New Ways of Working in Local Government
Carried as Amended
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Youth Service Cuts and Impact on Crime
Carried
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Health and Social Care Integration – Implications for Local Government members
Carried
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Black Members are Vital to Local Government Structures in UNISON.
Carried
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Funding Cuts and Ethnicity Pay Gap in Local Government
Carried as Amended
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Local Government Funding and Pay
Carried
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Term Time Working
Carried
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Recruiting and Organising Young Members and Activi
Carried
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Organising to Win
Carried
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Climate Change in Local Government
Carried