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PROMOTE SELF ORGANISED GROUPS (SOGs) AND THE YOUNG MEMBERS AND RETIRED MEMBERS ORGANISATIONS

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
5 July 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

A key part to achieving equality is the organisation of groups of members who face prejudice and discrimination. Disabled members issues are trade union issues. We welcome UNISON’s continued […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

YOUNG WORKERS AND MENTAL HEALTH

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
24 May 2016
Decision
Carried

Workplace meetings and events were organised to help raise awareness, notably through the use of the TUC’s toolkit […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

COMBATING BULLYING AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
5 July 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

The aim being to make young workers – members and non-members – aware of the issues and how they can be tackled through collective organisation and […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

FORCED ACADEMISATION AND DISABLED PEOPLE

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
8 July 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

Local authorities will be responsible for “identifying, assessing and making provision for children with special educational needs and disability” but will not be able […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

EQUALITY ACT AND DISABLED PEOPLE

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
8 July 2016
Decision
Carried

Amongst other things the Committee found that: • There is a lack of understanding of reasonable adjustments • Public transport is still not inaccessible • The Public […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

REASONABLE ADJUSTMENTS AND SICKNESS ABSENCE POLICIES

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
8 July 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

The usual process of informal and formal sickness hearings often culminating in a formal warning that includes the threat of […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

SUPPORTING BLACK MEMBERS WITH DYSLEXIA AND DYSPRAXIA

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
6 July 2016
Decision
Carried

work with the National Black Members Committee and other Self Organised Group committees to create a briefing paper about dyslexia/dyspraxia to be […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

END CUTS TO DISABILITY COLLEGES AND DISABLED STUDENTS FUNDING

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
16 June 2016
Decision
Carried as Amended

It is therefore essential that UNISON disabled members participate in a campaign to halt and then reverse actual or proposed cuts that make it more difficult for disabled people to access […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

TRADE UNION ACT AND DISABLED WOMEN ACTIVISTS

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
5 July 2016
Decision
Carried

The lack of facility time shows the lack of value placed of the work disabled women activists do and creates further barriers to them partaking in campaigning and awareness raising to improve disabled […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

SUPPORTING BLACK MEMBERS WITH SICKLE CELL, THALASSEMIA AND LUPUS

Conference
2016 National Disabled Members' Conference
Date
6 July 2016
Decision
Carried

We call on the National Disabled Members Committee to: 1. review existing literature and add references to Sickle Cell, Thalassemia and Lupus where not already existing, 2. work with the […]

Motion on the UNISON National site.

Retired members sought for UNISON self-organised group conferences

The disabled members' conference takes place on 29-31 October in Brighton and the LGBT conference on 18-20 November in Llandudno. In each case, travel costs, expenses and […]

Article on the UNISON National site.

Disabled members’ conference backs action against bullying

Occupational health and human resources agreed that she needed a long phased return, but the employer said it wasn’t […]

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

2016 Disabled Conference – Emergency Change of Delegate Form

This form should only be used after 5pm on Tuesday 25 October 2016 and should be completed and handed in to the Conference Desk at the Brighton […]

Media on the UNISON National site.

2016 NDMC preliminary agenda

Please note: Items in this agenda are not UNISON policy until they have been debated and passed at conference

Media on the UNISON National site.

2016 Disabled Members Conference Bulletin

This Bulletin contains all the relevant information for the conference, including accommodation information, travel forms and important deadlines

Media on the UNISON National site.