- Conference
- 2022 Local Government Service Group Conference
- Date
- 18 February 2022
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes that UNISON has declared 2022 the Year of Disabled Workers. This is a great opportunity for local government branches to organise, bargain and campaign on the issues that matter to our disabled members and to increase recruitment and retention as a result.
Local government branches can use 2022 to highlight the experience of our disabled members, the value they bring to our union and to local government workplaces, and to negotiate improved policies with local government employers, including reasonable adjustment passports and disability leave policies.
Conference notes the resources available on the UNISON website, including:
1)Reasonable Adjustment Bargaining Guide, including model policy and ‘passport’;
2)Disability Leave bargaining guide and model policy;
3)Stewards’ guides to representing disabled members and to representing Deaf (BSL user) members;
4)Quick Guides to Access to Work and to Reasonable Adjustments;
5)Becoming a branch disabled members officer.
Conference calls on the Service Group Executive to work with the National Disabled Members Committee to:
a)Include the Year of Disabled Workers in their ongoing work programme;
b)Promote the Year of Disabled Workers to regions and branches, encouraging them to include work in this area in their work plans for the year;
c)Encourage all local government branches to elect a branch Disabled Members Officer and promote UNISON’s national training on becoming a branch Disabled Members Officer;
d)Include reasonable adjustment passports and disability leave policies in the national negotiating agendas with local government employers.