21 – 24 June 2016
Brighton Centre
The national delegate conference is UNISON’s annual ‘parliament’, bringing together delegates from across the union to decide the union’s policies and priorities.
Registrations 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)
Venue and Accommodation
Branches are encouraged to arrange accommodation through Brighton’s Accommodation Booking Service, VisitBrighton. 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 available and for bookings please go to:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/bunc2016
You can also telephone VisitBrighton on 01273 292626.
Who should attend
Full details on who can attend, branch representation, proportionality and fair representation are available in the conference bulletin
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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Funding for National Minimum Wage
Carried
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Rule D Functions and Authority
Carried
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Challenging Poverty
Carried
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Immigration, Detention and Deportation
Carried as Amended
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Austerity – How much worse will it get for Black members?
Carried
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Austerity and Our Local Economies
Carried as Amended
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Attacks on Democracy
Carried as Amended
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Don’t Silence the Occupation of Palestine
Carried as Amended
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Gateway to the Future: Stable and Sustainable Branch Resources
Carried
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Defending Our Human Rights and Equality Protections
Carried
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Rule D Service Group Conference
Carried
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Rule D Service Group Conference
Carried
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Public Service Campaigning – Stop Outsourcing and Protect Members
Carried as Amended
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Women and the State Pension
Carried
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Rule D Rule D 4 Private Contractors National Forum
Carried
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Trade Union Bill
Carried as Amended
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Opposing DFID’S Privatisation Agenda
Carried
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Rule P Application of Standing Orders
Carried
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Rule D The right to attend and speak
Carried
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Schedule C Elections
Carried
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Living Standards Pay Justice and the Living Wage
Carried as Amended
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Health and Safety of Public Service Staff
Carried as Amended
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Rule D Conference quorom and procedure
Carried
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Public Service Workers under Pressure
Carried as Amended
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Fairer Taxation and the Future Funding of our Public Services
Carried as Amended
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Strengthening Our Union: Supporting and Developing Our Stewards
Carried as Amended
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Trade Union Facilities
Carried as Amended
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Bullying and Young Members
Carried as Amended
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Women, the refugee crisis and trafficking
Carried as Amended
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Supporting our activists who have to deal with stressful situations
Carried
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New Local Government Pensions Scheme Investment Regulations and Asset Pooling
Carried
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Rule D Regional Structure
Carried
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Public Ownership of Energy utilities
Carried as Amended
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An Organising Response To The Trade Union Bill
Carried as Amended
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Organising for Growth in the Community and Voluntary Sector
Carried
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Campaign for a Living Pension
Carried
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Fuel Poverty – The Cold Truth
Carried
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Adding insult to injury – the autumn budget statement
Carried
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Social Care Crisis
Carried
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Housing Crisis
Carried
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Colombia
Carried
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EU Trade Agreements
Carried
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Branch Self Organised Groups
Carried
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Tampon Tax – plugging the bleed in funding of women’s services provision?
Carried
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Rights of Working Age Disabled Women
Carried
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Removal of Housing Benefit for Young Women
Carried
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It needs to stop
Carried
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Women, the refugee crisis and trafficking
Carried
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Pro women pro choice
Carried
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ENGAGING WOMEN FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR UNION
Carried
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WOMEN AND WORKPLACE DRESS CODES
Carried
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Creating an Agenda on Equality and Human Rights
Carried
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Women’s rights are human rights
Carried
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Black women and cervical cancer
Carried
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Encouraging More Women to be Active in UNISON
Carried as Amended
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Women’s access to justice
Carried
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The refugee crisis
Carried as Amended
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Women’s Voice in Local Politics
Carried
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Maternity Discrimination
Carried
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The true cost of childcare for Working Women
Carried as Amended
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Now justice is only for those who can afford it
Carried
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LEGAL AID AND REDRESS FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC ABUSE
Carried
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TAX CREDITS THE BEST WAY TO TACKLE IN WORK POVERTY
Carried as Amended
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Appropriate Funding for Women’s Self Organisation
Carried as Amended
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Equality, Power and Devolution
Carried as Amended
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Impact of Austerity on UNISON Women
Carried
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Save our newborns
Carried as Amended
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The cuts are killing us
Carried
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Flexible working – negative impact on women’s hours & caring responsibilities.
Carried as Amended
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RAPE CRISIS IN CRISIS
Carried
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Protect Our Employment
Carried
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Austerity Cut and the Impact on Black Women Workers
Carried
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Online Safety for Women
Carried
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Young women deserve respect in the workplace
Carried as Amended
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Increasing young womens’ attendance at Women’s conference
Carried