Motion
- Motion title
- Defend Democratic Rights and the Right to Strike
- Session
- 2022-2023
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 27 May 2023
- Status
- Remitted
- Motion
- 14
- Motion text
Congress condemns the attacks on democratic rights by the Conservative Government, including:
1. Further restrictions on the right to strike, such as legal requirements for minimum service levels.
2. The potential victimisation and dismissal of trade union activists if selected by employers to work on strike days.
3. Restrictions on the right to protest.
4. The introduction of voter ID, which could lead to voter suppression.
Police and councils have started acting in line with these restrictions, for example, Leeds University UCU faced significant obstacles in organising a march and rally in the city centre during the recent HE strikes, a process which had previously been straightforward.
UCU will work with other trade unions, the TUC and campaign groups to defend democratic and trade union rights, including the right to strike.
- Proposing body
- Yorkshire and Humberside regional committee
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Strategy and finance committee (SFC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2023/C/05-27/055/14