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General Secretary‟S Report GENERAL SECRETARY‟S REPORT ANNUAL CONGRESS 2014 Capital FM Arena, Nottingham CONGRESS – SUNDAY 8 JUNE - MONDAY 9 JUNE 9.30 am - 12.30 pm, 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm CONGRESS – WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 9.30 am - 12.30 pm, 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm CONGRESS – THURSDAY 12 JUNE 9.30 am – close of business PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2 GENERAL SECRETARY‟S INTRODUCTION Dear Colleagues A very warm welcome to the 2014 Congress here in the wonderful city of Nottingham. On behalf of our President, the one and only Mary Turner and our outstanding Vice-President Malcolm Sage, the Executive Council and the Senior Management Team we all hope you have an enjoyable week. GMB Congress is the process of reviewing what we have achieved during the past year and renewing our goals for the years ahead. During the last ten years our GMB has gone from the verge of being swallowed up by predator Unions to a feared opponent whose strengths are built on solid finances and a renewed hunger for the Social Justice which brought our Union into existence some 125 years ago. The GMB doesn't lurch from side to side either Industrially or Politically. Our values are constant. Our members interests are the Union's interests. In recent years we have led the charge on campaigns like Private Equity asset strippers, Standards for Care Home residents and staff, exposing Blacklisting and the scandal surrounding the Housing Benefit bill where billions end up in the off shore tax havens of fat cat Landlords instead of being used to Build the homes we need to house so many families and single people who are struggling under the Thatcher legacy which saw our National Housing Stock sold off and never replaced. At long last the politicians and the Media seem to be catching us up on these, and many more of our key policy's like provision of Free School Meals and taking back under public control key services which were privatised and our UK Citizens left to the forces of the market who treat the public as Sheep to be shorn. This week we will hopefully renew our energy for Social Justice. It is however necessary to also give ourselves an important reminder that to even begin to try and deliver some of our Justice agenda on any of the above or other important changes like fairer employment Laws and rights for working people then we have to contribute to the political debate and to the political election system. Over the last few years, quietly and without the need to tell everyone how tough we are, our National and Regional Political teams have been engaged in helping GMB members from real life backgrounds to win selections for the right to stand as Labour Party candidates at all levels of our Democracy. In Town Halls, for Westminster and for the European Parliament, GMB members will be standing and winning with GMB support to try and bring the voice of real life ordinary Men and Women who because of their background and life experiences can bring so much to the levels of Political Government which rule the lives of our members and their families. Opting out of Politics will change nothing for our members, perhaps even making their lives worst since apathy always sends a message to Employers and Governments that nobody will raise a voice to oppose their excesses. In a few moths the GMB will hold a Political Fund Ballot. This Ballot is not about whether we affiliate to any Political party, it's about retaining the right to politically campaign against any Government of any complexion on behalf of our members and GMB Policies. It is vital that you vote Yes for a political voice. It is vital you explain to work colleagues that gagging the Union by not having a Political fund will make it difficult or even impossible to challenge Government policy on things like Pay, Tax justice and social provision like the NHS and Education. The requirement to ballot on the use of Union funds on political activity was introduced by Margaret Thatcher's Government of the 1980's to gag Unions like the GMB from campaigning on behalf of our members. In the Political Fund ballots held since then GMB members have always voted by very large numbers to retain their right to have a 3 Fund and use in their interests. I urge you to retain your Fund, vote Yes and send a clear message to Politicians that the GMB is a free, independent Union that will continue to campaign and fight for its members and their families. I hope you have a wonderful week here in Nottingham and for those of you who are here at Congress for the first time, enjoy it, make friends and feel ownership of the democracy of your Union. For those who have trod the Congress floor before, welcome back and thank you for all the work without which the Union movement would just not exist. This week we launch UNIONLINE our new comprehensive Legal service and I hope that by the time delegates and visitors leave Congress at the end of the week that UNIONLINE will be an integral part of the service package for all. GMB is 125 years old and still going strong. Everyone of us can be proud of what the Union has achieved for working people since those early days at Beckton Gasworks. Thank you for being part of this great Union Our GMB fraternally yours PAUL KENNY General Secretary 4 CONTENTS NATIONAL ORGANISING DEPARTMENT ................................................................................................................... 7 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 7 EXECUTIVE POLICY SECTION OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY‟S OFFICE ........................................................... 9 ACTION ON MOTIONS REFERRED TO THE CEC BY CONGRESS 2013 .................................................. 10 REPORT OF DECISIONS MADE BY CONGRESS 2013 ............................................................................ 13 EQUALITY AND INCLUSION DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................ 22 EUROPEAN OFFICE .................................................................................................................................................. 24 INTERNATIONAL ....................................................................................................................................................... 26 HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT ......................................................................................... 27 LEGAL DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................................... 28 PENSIONS DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 29 POLITICAL DEPARTMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 30 APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION OF OFFICIALS ...................................................................................................... 31 TUC CONGRESS 2013 AWARDS .............................................................................................................................. 31 SECTION REPORTS: COMMERCIAL SERVICES SECTION. ....................................................................................................................... 31 MANUFACTURING SECTION .................................................................................................................................... 34 PUBLIC SERVICES SECTION ................................................................................................................................... 38 REGIONAL REPORTS: BIRMINGHAM & WEST MIDLANDS REGION ............................................................................................................ 41 LONDON REGION ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 MIDLAND & EAST COAST REGION .......................................................................................................................... 45 NORTHERN REGION ................................................................................................................................................. 48 NORTH WEST & IRISH REGION ............................................................................................................................... 49 GMB SCOTLAND ........................................................................................................................................................ 51 SOUTHERN REGION ................................................................................................................................................ 53 WALES & SOUTH WEST REGION ............................................................................................................................ 54 YORKSHIRE & NORTH DERBYSHIRE REGION ....................................................................................................... 57 5 A Framework for the Future of the GMB: Update This report audits the progress that has been made towards implementation of the 23 recommendations set out in the CEC Special Report A Framework for the Future of the GMB, and carried by Congress 2005. Where it has been previously reported to Congress that the recommendation has been implemented, the recommendation itself is no longer
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