UNISON
Policy as at 09 Jun 2016
09 Jun 2016 11:12:55
2016 National Delegate Conference
Motions
1
An Organising Response To The Trade Union Bill
Support with qualifications
1.1
Support with qualifications
1.2
Support
2
Organising for Growth in the Community and Voluntary Sector
Support
3
Increasing young womens' attendance at National Delegate Conference
Support
4
Supporting our activists who have to deal with stressful situations
Support
5
Bullying and Young Members
Support
5.1
6
Support
Strengthening Our Union: Supporting and Developing Our Stewards
Support
6.1
Support
6.2
Support
7
Supporting Stewards during times of Austerity
Support
8
Trade Unions and Further Education Studies
Support
9
Supporting Shared Branch Resource Centres
Support and Amend
9.1
Support
10
Code of Good Branch Practice
Seek withdrawal
11
Electronic Use of the National Rule Book
Remit
12
My Union, Your Union, Our Union: Encouraging Engagement
Support
13
Branch Self Organised Groups
Support and Amend
13.1
14
Support
Branch Self Organised Groups
Support and Amend
14.1
Support
15
Representation of Members within Further Education
Support and Amend
16
Trade Union Facilities
Support
16.1
Support
17
New ways of working: Agile, lean or mean?
Support
18
Keep the Weekend Special
Support
19
Health and Safety of Public Service Staff
Support
19.1
Support with qualifications
20
Promoting Employee Wellbeing and the Role of Health & Safety Reps
Support
21
Administration of medications and medical procedures
Support with qualifications
22
Living Standards Pay Justice and the Living Wage
Support
22.1
Support
22.2
Support with qualifications
22.3
Support with qualifications
22.4
Support with qualifications
23
When is a living wage not a living wage?
Support
24
In-Work Poverty
Support
25
Funding for National Minimum Wage
Support
26
New Local Government Pensions Scheme Investment Regulations and Asset Support
Pooling
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Pension Funds: Divestment from fossil fuel extraction
Support and Amend
27.1
Support
27.2
Support
28
Public Service Campaigning - Stop Outsourcing and Protect Members
Support
28.1
Support
28.2
Support
29
Keep It Local, Keep It Public
Support with qualifications
30
Cancel PFI contracts
Support and Amend
30.1
31
Support
Public Service Workers under Pressure
Support
31.1
Support
31.2
Support
31.3
Support
32
The threat to local democracy
Support with qualifications
33
Local Government: A Public Sector Crisis
Support
34
Housing Crisis
Support and Amend
34.1
Support
34.2
Support
34.3
Support
34.4
Support
35
Housing Crisis
Support
36
Good Homes for All: Addressing the Housing Crisis
Support
37
Extending the 'Right to Buy' Scheme to Housing Associations & 'Pay to Stay' Support
37.1
Support
37.2
Support
38
Extending The “Right To Buy” Scheme To Housing Associations & “Pay To
Stay”
38.1
Support and Amend
Support
39
The Housing Bill
Support
40
Kill the Housing Bill
Support and Amend
40.1
41
Support
Social Care - A System in Danger of Collapse
41.1
42
Support and Amend
Support
Crisis in Social Care
Support with qualifications
42.1
Support
42.2
Support
43
Free and high quality funded childcare for all.
Support
44
Open Libraries
Support and Amend
44.1
45
Support
Public Ownership of Energy utilities
45.1
46
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Trade Union Bill
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46.1
47
Support
Attacks on Democracy
Support and Amend
47.1
48
Support
Women, the refugee crisis and trafficking
Support
48.1
Support
49
Rape crisis in crisis
Support
50
Fuel Poverty - The Cold Truth
Support
51
Support boycotts of unethical companies
Support
52
Ethical Procurement
Support
53
Exploitation of the Domestic Workers, a Hidden Workforce in the UK
Support
54
Welfare and Work: Social Security Provision for All
Support
54.1
Support
54.2
Support
54.3
Support
55
Support The Welfare Charter
Support
56
Welfare not Warfare
Support
57
Welfare not Warfare
Support
58
Scrap Trident
Support
59
Fair treatment for veterans
Support
60
Support for our Armed Forces
Support
61
Demonstrate at the Conservative Party Conference
Support
62
Unwelcome the Tory Conference to Birmingham 2016
Support
63
Fairer Taxation and the Future Funding of our Public Services
Support
63.1
Support
63.2
Support
63.3
Oppose
63.4
Support
63.5
Support
64
Austerity and Our Local Economies
Support
64.1
Support with qualifications
65
Austerity – How much worse will it get for Black members?
Support
66
Challenging Poverty
Support
67
Universal Basic Income
Support with qualifications and
amend
67.1
Support
67.2
Support with qualifications
68
Workers Under Attack
Support with qualifications
69
Democractic Socialism
Defer
70
Access to Work
Support
71
Access To Work
Support
72
Disabled Women and their Working Rights – A Trade Union Issue
Support
73
Campaign for a Living Pension
Support with qualifications
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Women and the State Pension
Support
75
Opposing DFID'S Privatisation Agenda
Support
76
Eradicating Exploitation in Supply Chains
Support
77
The Crisis in Syria
Support
77.1
Support
78
Stop the bombing of Syria
Support
79
Support Peace Negotiations in Turkey
Support and Amend
79.1
80
Support
Support peace negotiations in Turkey
Support and Amend
80.1
81
Support
Saudi Arabia
Support and Amend
81.1
82
Support
Don't Silence the Occupation of Palestine
Support
82.1
Support
83
Oppose the ongoing repression of the Palestinian People
Seek withdrawal or oppose
84
Peace Must Bring Social and Economic Justice in Colombia
Support
84.1
Support
84.2
Support
85
Justice for Colombia
Support
86
Peace Must Bring Social and Economic Justice to Colombia
Support
87
Colombia
Support
88
Support for a Progressive Nicaragua
Support
89
Chibok Girls
Support and Amend
89.1
90
Support
Chibok Girls
Support and Amend
90.1
Support
91
Remembering Srebrenica and the Genocide of Thousands
Support
92
Building the Campaign against European Union Trade and Investment
Agreements
Support
92.1
Support
93
Protecting Labour, Social, Environmental and Consumer standards in EU
International Trade Agreements
Support
94
Support an In Vote in the EU Referendum
Support
95
Support an ‘In’ vote in the European Union Referendum
Support
96
Europe
Support
97
Oppose Exit from the EU – Fight For A Workers' Europe
Support
98
Reject Austerity, Save Our Public Services – Vote Leave
Oppose
98.1
99
Support
A Safe Haven for Refugees
99.1
Support
Support
100
Defending Our Human Rights and Equality Protections
Support
101
Immigration, Detention and Deportation
Support
101.1
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101.2
102
Support
The Refugee Crisis; the Media’s Reporting and its Negative Impact
Support and Amend
102.1
Support
102.2
Support
103
Refugees are welcome here
Support
104
Refugees and the Immigration Scandal
Support
104.1
Support
104.2
Support
105
Female Genital Mutilation
Support
106
Devolution in England – Building UNISON's Influence
Support
107
Protecting the Peace Process
Support
108
Floods and Flood Defences in the UK
Support
108.1
Support
109
Tackling Climate Change
Support
110
Climate Change and Trade Union Action
Support
110.1
Support
110.2
Support
110.3
Support
111
The Impact of Social Care Cuts on NHS waiting and response times
Support and Amend
111.1
Support
111.2
Support
112
Support the NHS Bill to reinstate a publicly funded, publicly provided and
accountable NHS
Support with qualifications
113
Support the NHS Bill to reinstate a publicly funded, publicly provided and
accountable NHS
Support
114
Continued Cost Escalation of Pharmaceutical Drugs to the NHS
Support
115
Defend Healthcare Student Bursaries
Support
115.1
Support
116
Junior Doctor’s dispute and unsocial hour’s payments
Support
117
The Blood Service needs a new generation of donors
Support
118
The Blood Service needs a new generation of donors
Support
119
Dementia Care and Support
Support
120
Prostate Cancer Testing
Support and Amend
120.1
Support
121
Gateway to the Future: Stable and Sustainable Branch Resources
Support
122
Future of Branch Funding
Defer
123
Branch Funding
Defer
124
Branch Funding
Defer
125
Branch Directory
Remit
126
Recognising continued membership of the union
Support
127
No to Tax Avoidance and Debt Encouragement Schemes from our
Employers
Seek withdrawal or oppose
128
No to Tax Avoidance and Debt Encouragement Schemes from our
Employers
Seek withdrawal or oppose
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Rule Amendments
1
Rule D National Delegate Conference
Oppose
2
Rule D The right to attend and speak
Support
3
Rule D Conference quorom and procedure
Support
4
Rule D Functions and Authority
Defer
5
Rule D Service Group Conference
Oppose
6
Rule D Service Group Conference
Oppose
7
Rule D Service Group Conference
Support
8
Rule D Service Group Conference
Support
9
Rule D Regional Structure
Oppose
10
Rule D Rule D 4 Private Contractors National Forum
Support
11
Rule G The Branch Committee
Oppose
12
Rule G Branch Officers
Oppose
13
Rule J The Political Fund
Support
14
Rule P Application of Standing Orders
Support
15
Schedule A Retired Members
Seek withdrawal or oppose
16
Schedule C Elections
Support
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Composites
A
Branch Self Organised Groups
Support
B
Housing Crisis
Support
C
Housing Bill
Support
D
Social Care Crisis
Support with qualifications
E
Ethical Procurement
Support
F
Welfare and Work
Support
H
Colombia
Support
I
EU Trade Agreements
Support
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