- Conference
- 2022 National Delegate Conference
- Date
- 17 February 2022
- Decision
- Carried
Conference notes with extreme concern the decisions taken by UNISON National Executive Council to change UNISON rules without National Delegate Conference approval as set out in the Rule Book.
While the National Executive Council has power to interpret rules, the power to change them is vested solely in the National Delegate Conference, the supreme democratic decision making process in our union.
The actions of the National Executive Council in by-passing the National Delegate Conference has the potential to bring the union into disrepute and to sour our reputation with our membership.
The National Executive Council is also seeking to remove Rule Book powers delegated to the General Secretary and to undermine the democratic mandate of the first ever woman General Secretary of UNISON with blatant disregard for the principles and values of our union and rights enshrined in our Rule Book.
Conference notes these action subvert the democratic authority of the members’ vested in our National Delegate Conference and our General Secretary with the potential for discrimination and division.
Conference notes that the National Executive Council’s actions have caused deep division across our base of elected representatives. One year into the term of a new National Executive Council it has shamefully concentrated on what appears to be an internal power play while the rest of us are left to take on the challenge of austerity, UK government attacks on members and services and bad employer that deny our members rights. It is time for real change. It is time to reverse the last year of division and to work collectively for our membership.
Consequently Conference expresses a vote of no confidence in our current National Executive Council.