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Conference

2002 National Lesbian & Gay Conference

Date

31 July 2002

Decision

Carried as Amended

Conference instructs the National Lesbian and Gay Committee (NLGC) to carry out the actions set out in the recommendations of the report ‘Organising for Our Future’ as follows: 1.to introduce a written constitution for the NLGC, from existing and agreed policies and procedures; 2.to increase the flow of information to activists by introducing more regular […]

Conference

2005 Retired Members' Conference

Date

15 June 2005

Decision

Carried as Amended

Conference is aware that as members become older it becomes increasingly difficult and in some cases impossible to obtain suitable travel insurance especially on an annual policy basis, at a reasonable price. Our own UIA no longer offers an annual policy to those over 65 years and will only offer individual trips at highly inflated […]

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2006 Health Care Service Group Conference

Date

21 December 2005

Decision

Carried as Amended

Recent statistics show that the level of violence is worryingly high. All too familiar are the shocking reports we hear from nurses, paramedics and […]

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2007 National Women's Conference

Date

25 October 2006

Decision

Carried as Amended

The plight of many women held against their will and used as sex slaves came to the public’s attention during the World Cup in Germany, however this is only the tip of the iceberg. In Britain there are estimated to be at least 5,000 women who may be working as prostitutes after being trafficked to […]

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2007 Health Care Service Group Conference

Date

20 December 2006

Decision

Carried

Conference notes with alarm the savage reductions in staffing levels of donor collection staff and the closure of processing centres. The reduction of staff in teams has meant consistent understaffing, leading to stress, extended working days with the resultant damage to personal and family life. Whilst UNISON recognises the fall in demand for blood, it […]

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2009 National Delegate Conference

Date

29 May 2009

Decision

Carried

Conference reiterates its belief that only when a sovereign, independent, democratic, contiguous and viable Palestine state is created, living side by side with a secure Israel will there be chance for peace and stability in the Middle East. Conference strongly believes that justice for the Palestinian people is essential to any solution to the existing […]

Conference

2011 Water, Environment & Transport Service Group

Date

4 February 2011

Decision

Carried

This 2011 Water, Environment and Transport Conference is concerned at the actions of Cambridge Water who have closed their final salary pension scheme to existing members as well as new entrants. We see this as a very disturbing development and call upon the Service Group Executive to try to ensure this is not the tip […]

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2012 Higher Education Service Group Conference

Date

9 November 2011

Decision

Carried

This Conference Resolves to: i)Mandate the Service Group Executive (SGE) to develop an organising strategy that includes, when necessary, legal industrial action within UNISON's rules; to maintain […]

Conference

2012 Higher Education Service Group Conference

Date

10 November 2011

Decision

Carried

Conference believes that further adoption and use of technologies (such as video conferencing or web messaging) for regional and national meetings should be considered on every occasion as a possible means of conducting forum events. Every university has access to the national video conference network and should consider using this and other methods rather than […]

Conference

2012 Local Government Service Group Conference

Date

1 January 2012

Decision

Carried

COMPOSITE B CAMPAIGNING AGAINST GOVERNMENT PAY POLICY Conference condemns the Chancellor George Osborne’s statement in December 2011 that he was to ask pay review bodies to consider how public sector pay can vary from region to region, and present him with recommendations by July 2012. Additionally he stated that ‘the Minister for the Cabinet Office […]

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2012 National Delegate Conference

Date

6 February 2012

Decision

Carried as Amended

Conference notes that on 29 November 2011 George Osborne announced a further government attack on public service workers by announcing the intention to cap public sector pay rises to just 1% for two years – after the current pay freeze ends. This at a time when the whole economy annual increases for the quarter ending […]

Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between employers and union reps. The outcome should be an agreement […]

Most of these illnesses are easily avoidable. Occupational health is often known as OHS. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has identified two elements to occupational health for employers to concentrate on […]

A poor working environment can damage your health and put your safety at risk. Your employer is legally […]

Conference

2012 National LGBT Conference

Date

26 July 2012

Decision

Carried

Conference welcomes UNISON’s increased use of social media as an additional tool to reach its members. Nationally UNISON has an active presence on facebook, twitter and pinterest and many regions and branches also run their own accounts on social media sites. Conference believes that effective communication is fundamental to ensuring that the right information reaches […]