Annual General Meeting Agenda

BARNET UNISON

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Tuesday 7th February 2023 at 4 pm

Via ZOOM

A G E N D A

  1. Welcome
  2. Branch General Business
  3. Minutes from AGM held on 08/02/2022
  4. Branch Treasurers report
  5. Resolution to 2023 AGM: Honoraria
  6. Election of Branch Officers and Stewards 2023 – 2024
  7. Delegation to Local Government and National Delegate Conference 2023
  8. Motion: The Branch Plan 2023
  9. Motion: Stand up to Racism
  10. Affiliation to Barnet Trades Council
  11. Donations and Solidarity messages
  12. Guest Speakers
  13. Branch Secretary Report
  14. Prize Draw
  15. AOB

UNISON Direct Christmas Hours 2022

The Branch Office will be closed for the festive period from 24th December until 3rd January

If you need urgent assistance during this period please contact UNISON Direct on 08000 857 857

Their Christmas opening hours are:

23rd December 7am – 8pm

24th December Closed

25th December Closed

26th December Closed

27th December Closed

28th December 6am – midnight

29th December 6am – midnight

30th December 6am – midnight

31st December Closed

1st January 2023 Closed

2nd January 2023 Closed

3rd January 6am – midnight

Breaking NEWS: HGV Retention payments update

There have been two meetings between Street Scene management UNISON and GMB regards a retention payment for HGV drivers.

Street Scene Management have proposed a 10% retention payment which will be made for a six-month period from 01 October 2022 through to 31 March 2023.

UNISON and GMB proposed a 20% retention payment for a 12-month period.

As we were unable to reach an agreement a meeting is being arranged for Trade Union representatives and Street Scene Management Team representatives to meet with the Corporate Management Team (Chief Executive) to discuss the Trade Unions proposal.

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Branch Pay Consultation Meeting Online 8th December 6pm

How will we achieve a better pay deal next year in Local Government?

How can we support strikers across the trade union movement?

Guest Speaker: Glen Williams, Chair of UNISON’s Local Government Service Group Executive.

Amerit Rait, Vice President of UNISON and Greater London NEC representative, Health worker.

Also: What happened in the Repairs Dispute? Meet the Barnet 10!

AOB

Topic: Barnet UNISON Branch Meeting

Time: Dec 8, 2022 06:00 PM London

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Have You Voted in the Service Group Elections?

Barnet UNISON falls in the Local Government Service Group and from 28th April all our members will be invited to vote for the London Delegates to this Service Group. This service group decides the policies and campaigns (including pay) we want in relation to our employers: Councils and the outsourced services of these Councils.

If you get emails from UNISON then you will have been sent a link to vote in the Service Group Elections. In the London area they seem to have been sent out last Friday 29th April approximately 8.30pm. It will have come from CES with a subject line UNISON Service Group Executive Elections.

For a demonstration about how to vote online, click the below link:

Have You Voted in the Service Group Elections

The Tories Are Out Of Barnet!

To quote CeCe Peniston: “Finally!” (For those of us young enough to remember popular music of the 90s) https://youtu.be/xk8mm1Qmt-Y

On behalf of our members our Barnet UNISON Branch Secretary, John Burgess, has written to the newly elected Council Leader, Barry Rawlings, congratulating him on the success of the Labour Party and requesting to meet with him.

This is John making a statement to all Barnet UNISON members

For 20 years our members have had to deal with brutality of outsourcing and attacks on our time off to represent members. Our members in the Barnet Group, Capita, NSL, BELS and ISS will be expecting to see positive change for them. UNISON’s General Secretary, Christine McAnea has also been written to requesting her support for assistance in our discussions with Barnet Labour.

We’ll be providing regular updates to our members and our wider UNISON family and trade union community on our progress.

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UNISON’s Service Group Elections Begin!

Barnet UNISON falls in the Local Government Service Group and from 28th April all our members will be invited to vote for the London Delegates to this Service Group. This service group decides the policies and campaigns (including pay) we want in relation to our employers: Councils and the outsourced services of these Councils.

Barnet UNISON nominates Local Government Service Group Reps

11th January Barnet UNISON Branch Executive agreed to nominate:
John McLoughlin, Mary Lancaster and our very own Anju Paul to stand in the Service Group Elections. We know they all work very hard and have a record of delivering for members and we believe these candidates will support this work at a National level effectively.

We need to build resistance to the Tory cuts and privatisation agenda at every level of our union with every means at our disposal both locally and nationally. We need to support the ability of branches to defend jobs, services, and conditions. We need strong and determined leadership at every level of our union.

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