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Gpc Report, Composite Motions and General Council Statements CONGRESS 2018 GPC REPORT, COMPOSITE MOTIONS AND GENERAL COUNCIL STATEMENTS The 150th Annual Trades Union Congress 9–12 September 2018, Manchester CONTENTS SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 04 SECTION 2 CONGRESS TELLERS AND SCRUTINEERS 10 SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS 01–15 11 SECTION 4 GENERAL COUNCIL STATEMENTS 31 CONTENTS 03 SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS Part 1 Agenda All motions and amendments stand as in the Agenda unless indicated otherwise below. Where composite motions have been agreed and approved by the GPC by 5 September, they are shown in the list below and the text of the composite motion is given in Section 3 of this report. Composite motions agreed and approved by the GPC after 5 September will be reported to Congress by the GPC and copies circulated to delegates as quickly as possible. Where movers of motions have agreed to accept published amendments by 5 September, this is also stated in the list below. The GPC will report to Congress all instances where published amendments are accepted by the movers of motions after 5 September. The following is the position at 5 September in respect of motions, amendments and composite motions. Motion numbers are those printed in the Agenda. 1. THE ECONOMY 01 Unite Stands amend ASLEF accepted 02 Usdaw Stands 03 Community Stands 04 Equity Stands 05 Community Stands 06 Black Workers Conference Stands 07 GMB Stands amend Prospect accepted 08 BFAWU Stands amend UNISON not accepted 09 Trades Councils Conference Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 04 10 RMT Office to seek agreement 11 ASLEF 12 TSSA 13 ASLEF Stands 14 Nautilus International Stands 15 RMT Composite 01 amend Nautilus International Seafarers’ working conditions and 16 Nautilus International workforce safety in the offshore and maritime industries 2. BREXIT 17 Unite Composite 02 18 CWU Brexit 19 RCM 20 TSSA 3. RESPECT AND A VOICE AT WORK 21 GMB Stands amend RMT accepted 22 Usdaw Stands amend Equity accepted 23 CSP Stands amend RCM accepted 24 FDA Stands amend College of Podiatry accepted 25 Prospect Stands amend Usdaw accepted 26 FBU Composite 03 amend Unite Grenfell Tower amend UNISON 27 NUJ Stands 28 College of Podiatry Composite 04 amend GMB Healthcare workers and amend Community workplace violence in prisons 29 PCS Stands 30 Disabled Workers Conference Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 05 31 Aegis Stands amend CWU accepted 32 AEP Stands 33 AEP Stands 34 Equity Composite 05 amend Prospect Fighting sexual harassment 35 Musicians’ Union in the creative industries 36 TUC Women’s Conference Stands 37 RCM Stands 38 NUJ Stands 39 SoR Stands 40 AUE Stands 41 LGBT+ Conference Stands 42 UNISON Composite 06 amend PCS Ending the hostile environment amend RMT immigration policy and justice amend CSP for the Windrush generation amend RCM 43 Accord 44 UCU Stands amend Unite accepted 4. GOOD SERVICES 45 Unite Composite 07 46 UNISON Public service outsourcing – 47 POA lessons from Carillion amend ASLEF 48 NAHT Composite 08 amend NEU Public sector amend FDA 49 PCS Composite 15 amend FBU Public sector pay 50 POA amend FBU 51 NEU Composite 09 amend UCU Education funding crisis 52 NAHT SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 06 53 NASUWT Stands amend GMB accepted 54 NEU Composite 10 amend UNISON National education service 55 UCU 56 EIS Stands 57 Musicians’ Union Office to seek agreement 58 PFA 59 AUE amend NASUWT 60 BDA Composite 11 amend CSP Health and social care workers amend Community amend College of Podiatry 61 College of Podiatry Stands amend FDA accepted 62 CSP Stands 63 UNISON Composite 12 amend USDAW Mental health amend CWU amend TSSA 64 SoR amend Equity 65 FDA Stands 66 Napo Stands 67 Napo Stands 68 FBU Stands amend TSSA withdrawn 5. STRONG UNIONS 69 CWU Composite 13 amend NEU A new deal for workers amend PCS 70 Prospect Stands 71 NASUWT Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 07 72 BFAWU Stands 73 BALPA Stands 74 Young Workers Conference Stands 75 EIS Composite 14 amend Unite Turkey amend UCU 76 Accord Stands amend NASUWT accepted 77 BDA Stands Part 2 Introductions and presentations The GPC has approved the following speeches and presentations by members of the General Council, fraternal delegates and special guests: Sunday afternoon › President’s address and vote of thanks › Address by Luis Pedraza, President CUT Monday morning › General Secretary’s address including General Council Statement on collective bargaining › Address by Shakira Martin, President of the National Union of Students Monday afternoon › Special feature on reaching young workers and union organising › Address by Andy Kerr, Fraternal Delegate from the Labour Party Tuesday morning › Show Racism the Red Card photo opportunity Tuesday afternoon › Presentation of Congress Awards › Address by Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Wednesday morning › Address by His Grace, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 08 Part 3 Ballots The ballot for General Council Section D will take place on Tuesday. The candidates in sections A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I and J are elected unopposed. Ballot papers for Section D, which will only be available to delegates from eligible unions (those with fewer than 200,000 members) may be collected from 9.00 am on Tuesday from the scrutineers by the TUC Information Stand. Ballot papers will only be provided in exchange for the official delegate form. The ballot closes at noon on Tuesday. Delegates are reminded that in casting their union’s votes, the total number of votes allocated to your union should be written in against the name(s) of the candidate(s) you wish to support. The number of votes allocated to each union is printed on the ballot paper. The result of the ballot will be announced towards the end of the Tuesday afternoon session. Part 4 Standing orders Delegates are reminded of Rule 26 governing speaking times during Congress, which permits the following speaking times: › movers of motions up to five minutes › seconders of motions and all subsequent speakers up to three minutes. A system of warning lights will be used with a green light showing at the beginning of a speaker’s allowed time. This will change to amber one minute from the end of the allowed time and to red at the end of the allowed time. If the speaker continues when the red light is showing, a bell will ring. Delegates are asked to co-operate fully with the rules on speaking times and to give their names and the names of their unions before they begin their speeches. Congress sessions will be: › Sunday: 16:00 to 19:00 › Monday: 09:30 to 12:45 and 14:15 to 17:30 › Tuesday: 09:30 to 12:45 and 14:15 to 17:30 › Wednesday: 09:30 to the close of business Under rule, Congress must conclude no later than 16:00 on Wednesday. Part 5 Membership of the General Purposes Committee Linda McCulloch (Chair) Chris Tansley Paddy Lillis Michelle Rodgers Bob Crosby SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 09 SECTION 2 TELLERS AND SCRUTINEERS Tellers Scrutineers Jonathan Belshaw Kate Baker CWU CSP Cora Green Steve Bird Prospect NUJ Marina Gunn Dave Calfe Unite ASLEF Colin Gunter Angela Hamilton GMB UNISON Paul McKenna Jackie Marshall Usdaw POA Paul Valentine Equity SECTION 2 TELLERS AND SCRUTINEERS 10 SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS C01 Seafarers’ working conditions and workforce safety in the offshore and maritime industries Motion 15 and amendment, and 16 Congress expresses sadness and condolences to the families and loved ones of workers killed or injured when working at sea, including the 165 offshore workers and two seafarers who perished in the Piper Alpha disaster thirty years ago, on 6 July 1988. Congress notes that the Health and Safety Executive regulates compliance with the Offshore Installations Regulations 1989 that cover safety representatives and safety committees and were introduced as a result of the Piper Alpha disaster. Congress is concerned that 26 compliance inspections since 2015 uncovered over 50 non-compliance issues, yet the HSE has not taken enforcement action against any installation owner or manager in the 29 years since these regulations came into effect. Congress also notes that in the maritime sector safety culture is less developed than many transports sectors, which has contributed to safety incidents in crucial areas such as lifeboat drills. Congress congratulates the Offshore Coordinating Group comprised of BALPA, GMB, Nautilus International, RMT and Unite for its continuing efforts to improve safety in the North Sea. Congress records its concern at the continued evidence of substandard shipping and appalling working conditions for many seafarers working on ships around the UK coast. Congress notes the shocking number of cases involving owed wages and poverty pay, as well as the prevalence of problems such as excessive working time, fatigue, stress, little or no ability to communicate with friends and family, and workplace ill health, injury and fatality rates well in excess of any shore-based occupation. Congress is further concerned that social dumping, as well as resulting in breaches of the Maritime Labour Convention, is also undermining safety standards in the maritime and offshore sectors. Congress calls for: i. the government to enforce compliance with elected offshore safety representatives’ standards ii. continuous improvement of the safety culture in the maritime and offshore sectors SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS 11 iii. a full-scale review of the effectiveness and enforcement of regulations governing worker engagement in safety standards on offshore installations and merchant shipping. Congress calls on the General Council to: a. support the maritime unions in their work to continuously improve the Maritime Labour Convention as an effective global minimum standard to underpin improvements in the lives of seafarers b.
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