2018 National Conference
The agenda for the 2018 PCS National Conference is available to download here. (Standing Orders Committee reports 1 - 4)
PCS Home Office Group and National Conferences are where the priorities and direction of the union are set for the forthcoming 12 months.
The national conference ran over 22 - 24 May in the Brighton Conference Centre. All of the delegates from the branch attended conference in their own time.
The decisions made at the conference are listed below.
Branch delegates Emma Mooney, Karen Bolger, Nick Hobbs, and Mike Richards with branch reps Phil Mount and Alan Saunders who headed home to Liverpool after the Home Office Group Conference ended.
Motions and decisions
Pay
A283 Carried, A2 Fell, A3 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A4, A5, A6, A7.]
Jobs
A8 Carried, A291 Carried, A292 Carried, A9 Carried, A10 Carried, A11 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A12, A13, A14, A15.]
Equalities
A16 Carried, A17 Carried, A18 Carried, A19 Withdrawn, A20 Carried, A21 Carried. [Guiloltined motions: A22.]
Rules
A23 Carried, A24 Carried, A25 Card Vote For 91,325 Against 29,285 (2/3 required) Carried, A26 Carried, A27 Carried, A28 Carried, A29 Lost, A30 Carried, A31 (Card Vote For 61,811 Against 50,284 - 2/3 required) Lost. [Guillotined motions: A32, A33.]
Finance & Services
A34 Carried, A35 Carried, A36 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A37, A38, A39, A40.]
Political Strategy
A41 Carried, A212 Fell. [Guillotined motions: A42.]
Organising & Structures
A43 Carried, A44 Carried, A45 Carried, A46 Carried, A47 Carried, A48 Carried, A49 Carried, A50 Lost, A53 Withdrawn, A55 Carried, A56 Fell. [Guillotined motions: A51, A52, A54.]
International
A57 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A58, A295, A59, A60.]
Social & Economic
A61 Carried, A62 Carried, A288 Carried, A63 Carried, A293 Carried, A64 Carried, A65 Carried, A66 Fell, A69 Carried, A277 Carried, A70 Carried, A296 Carried, A75 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A67, A68, A71, A72, A73, A74, , A76, A77, A78, A79,, A81, A82, A83, A84, A85.]
Environmental & Climate Change
A86 Carried, A87 Carried, A88 Carried, A89 Carried, A90 Carried, A280 Carried, A91 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A92, A93, A94.]
Affiliations
A95 Carried, A96 Carried, A98 Lost.
Personnel
A99 Carried, A100 Carried, A101 Carried, A269 Fell, A102 Carried, A103 Remitted, A109 Carried. [Guillotined motions: A104, A105, A106, A107, A108, A110, A111.]
Get a full report from all 3 days of the PCS national conference here.
Derek Mellor, Home Office Merseyside Branch Vice President and Chair of the National Standing Orders Committee moving conference SOC reports. Congratulations to Derek on his re-election to the NSOC for another 4 year term.
PCS General Secretary, Mark Serwotka addressing the conference
Emma Mooney, Branch Assistant Secretary and delegate casting branch votes in conference elections
Nick Hobbs, Branch Assistant Secretary (Union Learning) and delegate casting the branch "card vote"
Emma Mooney, Branch Assistant Secretary and delegate speaking on motion A61