Congress motions

Motion

Motion title

Recruitment, organising and campaigning

Session

2024-2025

Meeting link

Annual Congress

Meeting date

24 May 2025

Status

CARRIED as amended by 7A.1 and 7A.2

Motion

7

Motion text

Congress notes the progress made in implementing the policies set by Congress
that fall within ROCC’s remit, notably:
1. support for national disputes wherever these exist
2. support for branches, including GTVO and disputes
3. support for other priority campaigns
4. strengthening recruitment to build greater union density in all our sectors
5. developing training and education for activists.
Congress further notes the importance of informal meetings and networks for
recruitment, organising, and campaign development, such as the ARPS
committee's themed online member drop ins.
Congress further notes the government’s Austerity 2.0 strategy with further cuts
to education and the welfare state likely to be announced in the Autumn Budget.
Congress supports continued focus on these areas, working to:
a. actively support recruitment, campaigning and organising activities
nationally, regionally, and locally
b. engage and involve our diverse groups of members
c. ensure issues of climate justice and sustainability are integral to our work
d. actively campaign for the secure and long-term funding of HE, FE, adult and
prison education
e. actively campaign against attacks on the rights of refugees and asylum
seekers and other migrants
f. actively campaign, and support branches in campaigning, against the
increasing casualisation of work across all sectors
g. campaign with other unions and external organisations where appropriate.
h. liaise with elected UK level committees to support further development of
lay-member / peer-led engagement and networking across sectors and
contract types, including support to develop online drop ins and other forms
of online networking.
Resolves
1. To submit an amendment to this year's TUC calling for a UK-wide
demonstration to oppose the government’s cuts strategy.
2. For UCU to call a lobby of Parliament on the day of the budget in October in
defence of post 16 education

Proposing body

National executive committee (NEC)

Amended

Yes

Allocated to

Recruitment, organising and campaigning committee (ROCC)

Notes