- Conference
- 2022 National Delegate Conference
- Date
- 18 February 2022
- Decision
- Carried as Amended
Conference notes that, over the last two years, the UK, along with the rest of the world, has faced, a crisis like no other with Covid-19. However, while acknowledging the incredible advances made by vaccination and treatment, the pandemic is not yet over and will continue to affect the daily and working lives of the UK’s population for years to come.
As a union we will continue to mourn and to honour all those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. Alongside this, we will need to redouble our efforts on behalf of those Covid-19 survivors who experience long-term effects. These will be both health-related and economic and will have an impact not only on individuals but also on the wider UK economy and world of work.
Conference recognises that all unions like UNISON have responded to Covid-19 in our workplaces, including on health and safety, financial support and long Covid.
Further to this, Conference calls on the National Executive Council to:
1)Continue to campaign for both Covid and long covid to be recognised as industrial diseases, with appropriate loss of earnings compensation;
2)Join calls for a Right to Rehabilitation and the investment needed to deliver it, for those requiring rehabilitation after Covid-19 as well as others whose needs have not been met or have worsened as a result of the pandemic.