- Conference
- 2008 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 14 December 2007
- Decision
- Carried
This conference notes:
The ruling made under the democracy in UNISON guidelines which prevented branches from campaigning for or against this year’s pay offer, following no recommendation from the service group.
This Conference believes:
This ruling is a new interpretation – inconsistent with the practice during the agenda for change debates and ballot.
In this case the ballot on pay was being used to make UNISON policy. Branches therefore should have had the right to campaign on their own policies amongst their own members in advance of and during the ballot period.
In general branches should always have the right to inform members of their own policy on all issues.
This conference instructs the Health Service Group Executive to make representations to the National Executive Council to make this explicit by rewording the Democracy in UNISON guidelines.