Motion detail – Congress motions

Motion

Motion text: Notes:
1. Government spending on arms has increased by £7.1bn (£3.7%) more than any other department. These figures do not include the military assistance of £2.3bn given to Ukraine.
2. Grant Shapps’s January speech declaring we are now in ‘a pre-war world’.
3. The ongoing slaughter that is taking place in Gaza, Yemen, Ukraine and elsewhere, and the threat of war in the South China sea.
4. The policy passed at TUC 2023 supporting an increase in arms spending.
Believes that:
a. Inter-imperialist rivalry is creating more wars across the globe.
b. The Tory government is preparing the UK involvement in more wars.
c. ‘Welfare not warfare’ must remain a key slogan for the movement.
d. It is in the interests of the trade union movement to advocate for peace.
Congress resolves that UCU submit a motion/amendment to this year’s TUC congress calling on government to reverse the rise in arms expenditure.