UCU: Challenging the far right, defending and promoting equality

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. The rise of the far right is intensifying opposition to equality, driving attacks
on bodily autonomy, reproductive rights, and broader social justice
movements.
2. In the UK, far-right pressure seeks to challenge implementation of buffer
zones around abortion clinics, threatening hard-won protections, bolstered
by US influence, following the fall of Roe v Wade and Trump’s election.
Congress believes:
a. Defending bodily autonomy and resisting far-right influence are core trade
union issues, essential to equality and workplace rights.
b. UCU must oppose reactionary forces that seek to restrict access to abortion,
reproductive and gender affirming healthcare
Congress resolves to:
i. Publicly campaign against the far right including its attacks on reproductive
rights.
ii. Mobilise our members, working with pro-choice and anti-fascist
organisations.
iii. Educate members on the links between far-right politics and restrictions on
bodily autonomy.
iv. Demand the government fully enforce buffer zones and protect reproductive
rights.