樱花动漫/877B 30 May 2018
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To Congress delegates
Topic Congress 2017: Third Report of the Congress Business Committee (tabled 30 May 2018)
Action For adoption by Congress 2018
Contact Catherine Wilkinson email cwilkinson@ucu.org.uk
樱花动漫 CONGRESS AND SECTOR CONFERENCES 30 MAY – 1 JUNE 2018
THIRD REPORT OF THE CONGRESS BUSINESS COMMITTEE
At its pre-Congress meeting on 29 May, CBC received nine late motions and three late amendments submitted to Congress and the sector conferences.
Two late motions and two late amendments have been ordered into the Congress agenda. One late motion and one late amendment have been ordered into the HE sector conference agenda, and one late (composited) motion into the FE sector conference agenda.
Four motions have not been ordered into the agenda as CBC did not consider that these met the criteria for late motions. These appear as B22 – B25 at the end of this report.
Two motions to FE sector conference were composited to form one motion, L8 in this report. The text of the original motions, both submitted in identical form by more than one branch, are described in C24 and C25 at the end of this report.
Late motions and
amendments ordered into the Congress agenda
Section 1, Strategy
and finance committee to be taken in private session
Amendment to motion 6,
Review of subscription rates and bands
6A.1 City, University of London
Add a new 4:4. The review should include consideration of moving towards rates that are progressive, whereby those on lower incomes pay a lower percentage of total income. It should also consider fair rates and payment methods for members whose income varies. Congress notes that: 1.at the April HEC meeting, elected representatives were asked to vote on long complex sets of recommendations contained in papers from officials of the union
2.HEC members sought to amend these recommendations before they were voted on but were barred from doing so by the Chair who claimed that amendments to official recommendations were not permitted, despite precedent that they are permitted
3.this issue was raised at the May NEC meeting, but not resolved.
Congress believes the ability of elected representatives to clarify or revise recommendations before voting to implement these is essential for democratic decision-making. Congress resolves to clarify standing orders for all representative bodies of the union to confirm that any items for decision – that will affect union policy or action – are always subject to amendment, clarification and specification by elected representatives.
Section
3, Equality committee
To
be taken after motion 22
L2
Tackling racism within
colleges and universities National
executive committee
Congress notes that on 1 May 2018, Exeter University expelled a number of students for 襲nacceptable racist, sexist and bigoted behaviour�.
Recent events at Exeter and also at Nottingham Trent where a student recorded people chanting 襴e hate the blacks� outside her room have highlighted that the situation for black students is becoming intolerable.
Congress believes that colleges and universities have a responsibility and a duty of care to all students, and that the learning experience of black students is being undermined because of such open racist hostility.
Congress further believes that institutions must abide by their obligations under the General Duty of the Public Sector Equality Duty to foster good relations and eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
Congress resolves to:
1. work with the NUS to ensure complaints of discriminatory behaviour are dealt with adequately
2. ensure that colleges and universities meet their Public Sector Equality Duty obligations in full.
Amendment
to motion 32, Anti-semitism, anti-Zionism, and the defence of Jeremy Corbyn
32A.1 National executive committee
In point 1, delete �, and recent expulsion of
Mark Wadsworth from the Labour Party� and add �, who is a committed, lifelong
anti-racist and opponent of antisemitism�;
Delete point 2 and replace with 詔he recent
statement by Jeremy Corbyn on eradicating antisemitism in the Labour Party (https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/jeremy-corbyn-what-i-m-doing-to-banish-antisemitism-from-the-labour-party-a3821961.html)�
In point i. under Congress resolves, delete 詀nd
Wadsworth� and add after 詓olidarity�: 詗ith his statement on antisemitism�
Late motions and
amendments ordered into the HE sector conference agenda
Amendment to motion HE1, HE pay
HE1A.2 City, University of London
Add at end: �, with the deletion of recommendation 6, and adding:
1. at end of recommendation 1: 訠allot material will consistently state 詐ay and equality�, not 詐ay� claim.�
2. at end of recommendation 5, 杂；ǘ� will indicate its priorities are:
a. increased pay for the lower paid (e.g. lump sums or sliding-scale percentages)
b. the equality and workload elements.�
3. at end of recommendation 9, 杂；ǘ� will develop concrete national gender, casualisation and workload demands to further the dispute.�
To
be taken after HE24
L3 Threats to jobs and
university access in London University of East London
Conference deplores the threats to jobs at London HEIs,
including UEL, Greenwich, Southbank and Westminster. Together, these represent
a serious attack on university provision in London, impacting most heavily on
the least advantaged. A number of London HEIs have suffered job losses over
consecutive years, leading to:
1. contraction of some
disciplinary areas, limiting provision
2. a shrinking of university
provision in London for lower-income, older or returning and minority ethnic
students
3. unacknowledged redundancies
of many in the Academic Precariat, with no respect for their employment rights
4. increasing workloads and
stress for staff who remain, while real-term pay shrinks.
Conference agrees:
a. to publicise this serious attack on University provision
b. to lobby the Mayor of London and the OFS to address threats to access
c. to support branches in their fight against job losses
d. to work with NUS to defend university access for all Londoners.
Late motion submitted
to FE sector conference
To
be taken after FE2
L4 Composite: FE England pay Capital
City College Group (City and Islington College (Camden Road)), Bournville
College, Sussex Coast College Hastings, New College Swindon, Capital City
College Group (City and Islington (Lifelong Learning)), South and City College
Birmingham, City of Oxford College (Activate Learning), Redbridge College,
Bracknell and Wokingham College
FE sector conference is astounded at the AoC誷 refusal to discuss the national 2018/19 pay claim until local disputes regarding unresolved 2017/18誷 claims are settled, when:
1. FE pay has been cut in real terms by 25%.
2. 33% of principals saw their pay rise by 10% last year.
Conference believes this refusal to discuss pay for FE workers is both outrageous and reflective of how inapt and ineffective the AoC誷 role has become.
The FE sector needs a national bargaining forum whose decisions are binding on all who participate and one that benefits all who work in this underfunded and over-stretched sector. For the survival of the sector, FE pay must meet the growing demands of the profession.
FESC sends solidarity to all the branches that are in dispute over the 2017/18 claim and will ballot members nationally for escalating strike action in pursuit of the 5% 2018/19 claim.
Motions not ordered
into the agenda (not considered to meet the criteria for late motions)
Submitted to Congress
B22 Review of
樱花动漫 legal services University of Salford
Congress notes the importance of 樱花动漫 legal services scheme in providing legal services to members and notes that this service is a critical component of the assistance given to members by 樱花动漫.
Congress calls for a review of legal cases and their outcomes, also collating evidence from users of the scheme and their reps.
Congress resolves to use the information from the review as a basis to consider future recommendations in the application of this service.
B23 樱花动漫 response to trade union victimisation
of members University of Salford
Salford University Branch like other Universities have engaged in successful strike action. As a result of such action 樱花动漫 activists at the University of Salford are now being targeted and now suffer retaliatory victimisation by our employer with disproportionate sanctions.
Attacks on trade union activists, must not be tolerated by the 樱花动漫 at branch, regional and national level.
Congress votes for National 樱花动漫 to ensure that:
1. full legal support up to and including court action is offered to all activists who are targeted
2. national 樱花动漫 initiates a national academic boycott of all employers engaged in trade Union victimisation of 樱花动漫 members
3. national and regional 樱花动漫 officials to work with such Branches to provide campaigning funding and materials.
Submitted to the HE sector conference
B24 USS dispute University of St Andrews
HE sector conference notes:
1. the acceptance by members of proposals relating to the USS industrial dispute in the ballot that closed on 13.4.18. Those proposals contain commitments to retain the existing benefits until at least April 2019 and thereafter to maintain 詀 guaranteed pension comparable with current provision/arrangements�
2. the rejection by HEC on 13.3.18 of proposals in which the DB cap would have been reduced to �42,000, the accrual rate reduced to 1/85, and an inflation cap of 2.5% imposed
3. that therefore any benefit structure must be considerably better than the proposals of 13.3.18 in order to be considered comparable with current provision.
HE sector conference therefore resolves to call for a return to industrial action if any future proposals resulting from the ongoing process of negotiation are not substantially better than the proposal rejected on 13.3.18.
B25 USS – status quo 樱花动漫
Scotland executive committee
Conference
1. congratulates members on the strong strike action, which is transforming the union and which will enable us to win on marketisation, casualisation, equality issues
2. thanks students for their wonderful support, and
3. notes the growing support for the status quo (no reduction in benefits, increase in contributions).
Congress mandates the negotiators
a. to prioritise the status quo (no reduction in benefits or increase in contributions)
b. ensure that no changes are made to pensions until after the JEP reports and members are balloted
c. the ensure that the work of the Joint Expert Panel includes a full equalities audit.
Congress mandates HEC to encourage members to continue to write to and lobby their MPs and MSPs.
Original text of
composite motion L4:
C24 FE England pay Capital
City College Group (City and Islington College (Camden Road)), Bournville
College, Sussex Coast College Hastings, New College Swindon
Text as motion L4.
C25 Capital City College Group (City
and Islington (Lifelong Learning)), South and City College Birmingham, City of
Oxford College (Activate Learning), Redbridge College, Bracknell and Wokingham
College
Text as motion L4, with the omission of the
final paragraph (訤ESC sends solidarity烧)