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Congress 2014 decisions on motions

Issue date

04 Sep 2014

7 - 10 September 2014, Liverpool

This is a record of decisions taken on motions to TUC Congress 2014. Text of standing motions can be found in Congress Final Agenda. Text of composite motions can be found in the GPC Report.

Page last updated 13:22hrs on 10.09.2014

1. Jobs, growth and a new economy	Grouping	Congress Decision
01 USDAW amend TSSA 02 ASLEF amend Unite amend RMT	COMPOSITE No. 1 Cost of living crisis Stands as an amendment to the Composite	CARRIED REMITTED
03 NASUWT	STANDS	CARRIED
04 ASLEF amend GMB amend UCATT 05 PFA	COMPOSITE No. 2 Young workers	CARRIED
06 Unite amend Unison amend Musicians’ Union 07 GMB 08 UCU amend BECTU 09 HCSA	COMPOSITE No. 3 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)	CARRIED
10 Unison 11 EIS amend PCS 12 TSSA	COMPOSITE No. 4 Challenging the politics of poverty, inequality and racism	CARRIED
13 TUC Black Workers’ Conference	STANDS	CARRIED
14 Community amend CSP amend FDA	COMPOSITE No.5 Delivering high performance workplaces	CARRIED
15 Community	STANDS	CARRIED
16 Nautilus International	STANDS	CARRIED
17 BACM-TEAM amend Community amend NUM amend NACODS	COMPOSITE No.6 Energy policy	CARRIED
18 Equity	STANDS	CARRIED
19 NUJ	STANDS	CARRIED
20 Musicians’ Union	STANDS	CARRIED

2. Fair pay and a living wage	Grouping	Congress Decision
21 Unite	STANDS	CARRIED
22 Unison amend NASUWT amend UCU 23 PCS 24 EIS	COMPOSITE No. 7 Public sector pay and living standards	CARRIED
25 BFAWU	STANDS	CARRIED
26 FBU amend CWU amend UCU amend Aslef amend SCP	COMPOSITE No. 8 Pensions	CARRIED
27 Nautilus International	STANDS	CARRIED

3. Good services and decent welfare	Grouping	Congress Decision
28 Unison amend FDA 29 PCS amend FBU 30 FDA	COMPOSITE No. 9 Defending quality public services	CARRIED
31 NUT amend ATL 32 NASUWT amend GMB 34 Musicians’ Union	COMPOSITE No. 10 Maintaining a world class education system	CARRIED
33 ATL 35 NUT	COMPOSITE No. 11 Restoring democratic accountability in the school system	CARRIED
36 ATL	STANDS	CARRIED
37 UCU amend Unite	STANDS	CARRIED
38 CSP 39 SCP	COMPOSITE No. 12 Sustainable funding for the NHS	CARRIED
40 CSP amend ATL amend Equity amend SoR	COMPOSITE No.13 The economic and health impact of austerity	CARRIED
41 SCP amend SoR	STANDS	CARRIED
42 HCSA	STANDS	CARRIED
43 Prospect	STANDS	CARRIED
44 POA 45 Napo	COMPOSITE No.14 Protect probation and speak up for justice	CARRIED
46 Napo amend Unison	STANDS	CARRIED
47 AEP	STANDS	CARRIED
48 FDA	STANDS	CARRIED
49 FBU amend PCS	Office to seek agreement	CARRIED
50 RMT 51 TSSA amend TSSA	COMPOSITE No.21 Public transport for all	CARRIED
52 Equity	STANDS	CARRIED
53 TUC Disabled Workers’ Conference	STANDS	CARRIED
54 TUC Women’s Conference	STANDS	CARRIED
55 SoR	STANDS	REMITTED
56 SoR	STANDS	CARRIED
57 BDA	STANDS	CARRIED
58 AEP amend USDAW	STANDS	CARRIED

4. Respect and a voice at work	Grouping	Congress Decision
59 Unite amend CWU amend FBU 60 GMB amend NUT 61 POA	COMPOSITE No. Trade union and employment rights Stands as an amendment to the Composite	CARRIED
62 USDAW amend BALPA 64 BFAWU amend Unite amend Unison amend Aslef	COMPOSITE No. Zero hours contracts and agency workers	CARRIED
63 UCATT amend NUT amend NASUWT	COMPOSITE No. Umbrella companies	CARRIED
65 Accord amend Prospect amend BALPA	COMPOSITE No. Corporate governance	CARRIED
66 Prospect amend USDAW amend Community amend CSP 67 BECTU amend UCATT	COMPOSITE No. Health and safety	CARRIED
68 RMT amend Nautilus International	COMPOSITE No. Maritime and offshore industry	CARRIED
69 NUJ	STANDS	CARRIED

5. Strong unions	Grouping	Congress Decision
70 TUC Young Workers’ Conference	STANDS	CARRIED
71 Accord	STANDS	CARRIED
72 CWU	STANDS	CARRIED
73 BECTU	STANDS	CARRIED
74 BALPA	STANDS	CARRIED
75 UCATT	STANDS	CARRIED
76 TUC LGBT Conference	STANDS	CARRIED
77 CWU	STANDS	CARRIED
78 TUC Trades Union Council’s Conference	STANDS	LOST

Emergency motions	Congress Decision
E1 Situation in Ukraine	CARRIED
E2 Check-off	CARRIED
E3 René González denied a visa to visit Britain	CARRIED

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Congress 2014 decisions on motions

7 - 10 September 2014, Liverpool

1. Jobs, growth and a new economy

Grouping

Congress Decision

2. Fair pay and a living wage

Grouping

Congress Decision

3. Good services and decent welfare

Grouping

Congress Decision

4. Respect and a voice at work

Grouping

Congress Decision

5. Strong unions

Grouping

Congress Decision

Emergency motions

Congress Decision

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