CONGRESS 2019 GPC REPORT AND COMPOSITE MOTIONS CONTENTS SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 04 SECTION 2 CONGRESS TELLERS 10 SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS 01–16 11 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 Community Stands 03 UCU Composite 01 amend SoR Real jobs and apprenticeships amend CoP 04 Community Stands 05 Unite Composite 02 amend Prospect Climate crisis and a just transition 07 UCU amend NEU amend ASLEF amend AUE 06 GMB Stands 08 BFAWU Stands amend FBU accepted SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 04 09 ASLEF Composite 03 amend TSSA Buses and a green transport system 10 TSSA 11 Nautilus International Stands 12 AUE Stands 2. BREXIT 13 Musicians’ Union Composite 04 amend RCM Brexit 14 TSSA 15 BDA Stands 3. RESPECT AND A VOICE AT WORK 16 NEU Composite 05 amend UNISON Sectoral collective bargaining amend Usdaw amend PCS 17 Aegis Stands amend Prospect accepted 18 Usdaw Stands amend GMB accepted 19 CWU Stands amend Usdaw accepted 20 Prospect Composite 06 amend Community Collective voice and new technology amend FDA 21 Accord 22 CWU Composite 07 amend Unite New Deal for Workers amend GMB 23 PCS Stands 24 FBU Composite 08 amend Unite Free our unions amend NASUWT amend POA amend TSSA 25 BFAWU 26 RMT Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 05 27 Equity Stands 28 Musicians’ Union Stands amend CoP accepted 29 RMT Stands 30 Nautilus International Stands amend RMT accepted 31 FDA Composite 09 amend CSP Flexible working amend Community 32 Aegis Stands 33 College of Podiatry Stands 34 Unite Stands 35 Equity Stands 36 BALPA Stands 37 UNISON Stands amend FDA accepted 38 CSP Composite 10 amend NASUWT ILO convention on workplace amend UCU sexual harassment 39 Usdaw Composite 11 amend CWU Mental health and wellbeing amend Equity amend CSP 40 PFA 41 EIS Stands amend RMT accepted 42 TUC Women’s Conference Stands 43 TUC Black Workers Conference Stands 44 TUC LGBT+ Conference Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 06 4. GOOD SERVICES 45 UNISON Composite 12 amend Unite Privatised public services: amend PCS bring them in 46 CSP Stands amend RCM accepted 47 RCM Stands 48 SoR Stands amend UNISON accepted 49 SoR Stands 50 BDA Stands 51 College of Podiatry Stands 52 HCSA Stands 53 RCM Stands 54 GMB Stands amend UNISON accepted 55 TUC Disabled Workers Conference Stands 56 NEU Stands 57 NASUWT Stands amend AUE accepted 58 ASLEF Composite 13 amend CWU Trade unionism and collectivism amend UCU in the curriculum 59 NASUWT Office to seek agreement amend NEU 60 AEP 61 EIS Stands 62 NAHT Stands 63 NAHT Stands SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 07 64 PCS Composite 14 amend FBU Public service pensions amend SoR 65 UNISON Stands amend Equity accepted 66 FBU Stands 67 FDA Stands 68 Napo Composite 15 69 Napo Public inquiry into TR; stop government recidivism on rehabilitation 70 Prospect Composite 16 71 NUJ Over-75s TV licences and BBC funding 5. WINNING MORE FOR WORKERS 72 NUJ Stands 73 POA Stands 74 POA Stands 75 AUE Stands 76 TUC Young Workers Conference Stands 77 TUC Trades Councils Conference 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 Ulises Guilarte de Nacimento, general secretary, CTC Cuba › Freedom for Öcalan photo opportunity. Monday morning › General secretary’s address. Monday afternoon › Video address by Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of New Zealand › Address by Wendy Nichols, sororal delegate from the Labour Party › Show Racism the Red Card photo opportunity. SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 08 Tuesday morning › Address by Rt. Hon. Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party. Tuesday afternoon › Presentation of Congress awards. Wednesday morning › Address by Kier Starmer MP, shadow secretary of state for exiting the European Union. Part 3 Ballots The candidates in sections A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J are all elected unopposed and therefore there will be no ballots. 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) Michelle Rodgers James Anthony Kevin Brandstatter Dave McCrossen SECTION 1 GPC REPORT TO CONGRESS 09 SECTION 2 TELLERS Tellers Ellen Downson GMB Caroline Farrall Unite Brian Hamilton UCU Alastair Long UNISON Ross Marshall RMT Chris Weavers NASUWT SECTION 2 TELLERS 10 SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS C01 Real jobs and apprenticeships Motion 03 and amendments Congress believes apprenticeships are a distinctive and highly valuable part of the vocational education sector, ensuring that those who want to earn while they learn have the opportunity to do so. They provide an important route to employment and higher levels of learning, directly connecting people to the labour market and contributing to an educated, productive, innovative and engaged workforce and citizenry. Congress notes its concern that the drive to grow apprenticeships has too often been at the expense of quality and genuine job creation. The central importance of education within apprenticeship programmes is not recognised. Apprenticeships are not just about training for tasks or for specific job roles; they should include a broad education which prepares people for the changing world of work and empowers them to be engaged, adaptable and resilient. Congress believes the apprenticeship levy, while providing a funding boost for apprenticeships directly from employers, does little to influence where apprenticeship opportunities are, what level they are at, or who can access them. It has been too easy for levy-paying employers to recoup their payments by rebadging existing training schemes as apprenticeships. Congress also notes that established education providers are disincentivised from offering degree-level apprenticeships due to low-level funding by the Institute for Apprenticeships. This has left certain job roles without the apprenticeship route, or the qualification has been diluted by employers, at a detriment to degree-level professions. Congress welcomes and adopts the work of UCU in their Charter for Real Jobs and Apprenticeships and asks the General Council to support campaigns that deliver an expansion of high-quality apprenticeships. These must have education at their heart, relate to real job opportunities, receive a proper living apprenticeship wage and get to the root of tackling inequality in access to education and the labour market. Mover: University and College Union Seconder: Society of Radiographers Supporter: College of Podiatry SECTION 3 COMPOSITE MOTIONS 11 C02 Climate crisis and a just transition Motion 5, and 7 and amendments Congress notes the recommendation by the Committee on Climate Change that the UK move to a net zero target for emissions by 2050 and the UK parliament’s declaration of an environmental and climate emergency following a motion tabled by Jeremy Corbyn. The Earth’s temperature has already risen by one degree above pre-industrial levels. The autumn IPCC report warned that we only have 12 years to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees. Net zero cannot be achieved without urgent investment in new, low-carbon energy generation Congress believes climate change is a trade union issue. The future of our planet is at risk if we don’t organise now to force governments to cut emissions in line with the IPCC report. Congress welcomes Jeremy Corbyn’s acknowledgement that it cannot be workers and communities that pay the price for changes to the energy system and commitment that the next Labour government “will guarantee that all energy workers are offered retraining, a new job on equivalent terms and conditions, covered by collective agreements and fully supported in their housing and income needs through transition”.