At last it's Friday
and the gallop begins
The business now hots up as we try to get through as many motions
on the last day as possible.
104. Global Warming
101. Protecting our Environment and maintaining our energy supplies
Having safe, secure, enduring and affordable power supplies are
addressed in 104, 101 and other motions. But while the government
has set up a debate on the future of energy supply, a Tony Blair
speech in mid-May sought to predetermine many of the issues offered
for debate in those motions. Protecting business before he goes?
Don't be cynical. Might even lead one to support the view of disengagement
with politics.
101.2 calls for the renationalisation of the utilities. This
has often been debated before and sets out an impossible claim.
SUPPORT 104 and 104.2 SUPPORT 101 but OPPOSE 101.2 17
Health & Safety
The Health & Safety debate now has a regular space on the UNISON
conference agenda of 150 submissions, but motion 17 thinks it
merits a special conference. This risks sidelining Health and
Safety instead of mainstreaming. It would be logistically impossible
and the issue is far better dealt with by topic conferences and
workshops.
SUPPORT 17 as amended by 17.01
15 Workers Memorial Day
As we strive for helath & safety and future protections, motion
15 seeks the remembrance of past victims of workplace tragedies
and failings.~ SUPPORT
EM1 Anti-British National Party SUPPORT
95 Trade Union Freedom Bill
Individual rights at work have been advanced to some extent since
the change of government. However, these can only be advanced
through greater collective rights . SUPPORT
92 Screening of Blood Donors SUPPORT
70 Affordable Child Care Delivered by Properly Trained and
Fairley Paid Childcare Wortkers
Recent research commissio ned by UNISON Scotland, and similar
work for the Audit Commission in England, shows that child care
and child care/education workers are undervalued. Affordable childcare,
by confident, competent and rewarded workers should be universal.
SUPPORT
Comp C Council Housing SUPPORT
116 Promoting Equality
The subject of promoting equal opportunities at home, and whether
public bodies have a duty to set and lead. SUPPORT
90 Defend the NHS SUPPORT if it is clear that the national
demonstration called for is the one already decided upon by the
Health Group.
16 Health & Safety deregulation While we in the trade
unions increase our attention to health and safety matters, motion
16 states that there is a trend in government to downplay. It
mentions the UK government's weakest proposals on corporate manslaughter.
The proposals under consideration at Scottish Parliament are better.
SUPPORT
56 Rape SUPPORT
If it looks like we will get any further, we will issue another
bulletin.
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