Congress motions

Motion

Motion title

no title

Session

2022-2023

Meeting link

FE Conference

Meeting date

28 May 2023

Status

Passed

Motion

FE2

Motion text

Conference notes:
1. The 2016 TU legislation.
2. The historic FE ballot result of 87% for action and 51% turn out.
3. The c150 branches to be balloted from September.
4. the Eballot success; despite the lack of Thrutext the campaign result was excellent
5. congratulations to all union staff, the branch reps, the activists to achieve 51% TO and 87% YES
Believes:
1. The results reflect an appetite of members to fight on an England-wide basis – for pay, workload and a binding national bargaining agreement

2. There is a significant appetite amongst members to take national action.

3. Due to the intransigence of the employers and government we will need to take nationally coordinated and sustained strike action to win.

4. We need to start to prepare now to follow up the Autumn campaign and lay the groundwork to successfully move to an aggregated ballot in the new year.

5. It is the duty of TUs to oppose this bill and call for its repeal.
6. It is not the job of TUs to increase this threshold to make it even more difficult to take legal strike action.
Resolves:
1. In light of the wave of strikes across sectors for the FEC to analyse the best ways to make most impact for the next set of continuous or sustained strike action
2. To call an England-wide demonstration on one of the initial days of strike action to lobby the DFE.

3. If government/AoC have not conceded to our demands, to prepare for an aggregated ballot starting in January 2024.

4. In any future consultation the FEC will decide what would be a reasonable threshold for branches to reach to move to ballot.

5. To set up an England-wide strike committee throughout the duration of the dispute for all those branches involved to discuss strategy and tactics.
6. In any future consultation the FEC will decide what would be a reasonable threshold for branches to reach to move to ballot.

Proposing body

Composite (City and Islington College Camden Road, New City College (THC Poplar), South and City College Birmingham)

Amended

Yes

Allocated to

Further education committee (FEC)

Notes