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Conference

2011 Energy Service Group Conference

Date

25 February 2011

Decision

Carried

This conference is concerned that proposed changes being introduced by energy retailers to roll out SMART meter installations will have a disproportionate affect on disabled workers and disabled customers. Based on previous experiences disabled meter readers have been forced out of contractual work into self employed status. Disabled people want the assurance that energy workers […]

But what do the actual figures say? UNISON’s bargaining support group regularly publishes information on key economic indicators and other data to support […]

Date

6 – 9 July 2023

Location

Croyde Bay, North Devon

The return of our famous Branch Officers Weekend will take place at Croyde Bay, North Devon from Thursday 6 – Sunday 9 July 2023.

Conference

2013 National Black Members' Conference

Date

18 September 2012

Decision

Carried

Conference welcomes the election of Portia Simpson Miller as the first woman prime minister of Jamaica and celebrates the 50th Year of Jamaican Independence. Conference notes that Jamaica’s last prime minister had said he would not allow any homosexuals to serve in his cabinet. But Portia Simpson Miller said in a national TV debate in […]

Conference

2002 National Delegate Conference

Date

18 February 2002

Decision

Carried

After the first sentence insert: “Where a branch or grouped branches have the right to be represented by more than one delegate, the branch or grouped branches may, in order to further promote proportionality, fair representation, or equal opportunities, elect two members to share one delegate seat allocated to the branch or grouped branches.”

Conference

2023 National Black Members’ Conference

Date

29 September 2022

Decision

Carried

Conference condemns the continued political and physical attacks on refugees, asylum seekers and others without their status in the UK many of whom are UNISON Black Members. Conference accepts that many people, even with the right to work, are often in precarious situations due to their immigration status. Conference notes indefinite immigration detention in the […]

Conference

2008 National Black Members' Conference

Date

15 September 2007

Decision

Carried

Since 1998, Venezuela has had more democratic elections than any country in the world. President Chavez's policies have won each time. Since being […]

Date

6 – 10 November 2023

Location

Kings House, 245 Ampthill Rd, Bedford MK42 9AZ

This course is for all new UNISON stewards and workplace representatives. Please note that you must have been elected as a representative by your branch and be showing as such on the membership system. What will the course help me to do? Understand the role of an organising union in public services; Recognise the importance […]

Conference

2023 National Higher Education Conference

Date

13 October 2022

Decision

Carried

Conference notes the success of UNISON’s Year of Disabled Workers 2022. Throughout the year we saw renewed focus on the experience of disabled members in our union, in the workplace and in society, including those in the Higher Education service group. We used the year to highlight the important contribution our disabled members make to […]

Date

22 November 2023 11:00am–1:00pm

Location

UNISON Centre (TBC) and online via MS Teams

Our Regional Council meets three times a year and is the main democratic forum in the region. All branches are invited to send delegates to the council an this is where key strategic decisions about the union’s work in the region are taken. Delegates are registered by branches at the start of the year. Any […]

Conference

2018 National Delegate Conference

Date

23 February 2018

Decision

Carried

Delete the current Rule J and replace with: “J The Political Fund The rules of the Political Fund set out in sections 1-2 below apply to all members regardless of when they joined the Union. The particular rules which apply to members who joined the Union before 1st March 2018 are set out in section […]

Conference

2009 Transport Service Group Conference

Date

2 March 2009

Decision

Carried

Conference welcomes the decision of the NEC to approve the merger of the Water and Environment and Transport Service Group Executives. Conference notes that the Executive’s planning for the merger of the two service groups was unavoidably delayed while the NEC consultation on the review of service groups took place. Consequently there has not been […]

Conference

2010 National Disabled Members' Conference

Date

8 July 2010

Decision

Carried as Amended

Conference believes that experiences of disabled voters, especially at the General Election 2010, expose many barriers that can disenfranchise a disabled voter. In particular we are concerned that the Mental Health Act 1983 bans people who have been sectioned under the Act from standing as Parliamentary candidates in elections. Given the disproportionately high rate of […]

Conference

2015 National Black Members' Conference

Date

15 September 2014

Decision

Carried

Conference notes that on 7 May 2015 a new government will be elected in Westminster. Whatever its political make-up, there will be repercussions for Black communities Many Black workers, particularly disabled, LGBT and low paid Black workers, don’t vote because they don’t believe it will change anything. Some have cast their votes for the United […]

Conference

2009 Water & Environment Service Group Conference

Date

14 March 2009

Decision

Carried

Conference welcomes the decision of the NEC to approve the merger of the Water and Environment and Transport Service Group Executives. Conference notes that the Executive’s planning for the merger of the two service groups was unavoidably delayed while the NEC consultation on the review of service groups took place. Consequently there has not been […]