It occurs to me that this may be my last regular meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of UNISON – depending upon the outcome of the elections.
I thought I would therefore try my hand at live blogging.
The NEC has just endorsed a Presidential ruling – which I opposed – instructing all Service Groups that they may not allow members of their Executive to participate in discussions in relation to National Conferences where those members are attending Conference as a branch delegate.
I – and a minority of members – opposed this heavy handed ruling.
We then agreed that members of National Committees need no longer fill in forms and submit them in order to attend Conferences. I asked if that meant that we didn’t have confidence in ourselves to submit forms on time, and the General Secretary confirmed that this was the case…
it does seem to be heavy handed -but what on earth provoked this? And National Committee members -what is all that about? Another well kept secret of UNISON's?They have so many it seems.
ReplyDeleteCollective responsibility -what a novel idea. So how does that square with committees like London Region Labour Link making unreported decisions about supporting particular people as deputy dawg? Accountability and responsibility -but to who? The paid staff?
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