UCU: UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. The continuing danger to humanity from the existence of nuclear weapons
2. The contribution of the nuclear weapons industry to environmental pollution
Congress welcomes:
a. The 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (https://treaties.un.org)/)
b. The fact that 86 countries have signed the treaty and 52 have ratified it.
Congress calls on UK Government:
i. To cancel Trident and sign and ratify the UN treaty.
ii. To provide alternative socially useful employment for workers in the nuclear weapons industry
iii. To use money saved from nuclear weapons expenditure to fund education, health, social care, investment in renewables and tackling poverty and climate change.
UCU in its work with the TUC, other trade unions and international trade union federations will support the extension of the UN treaty, the case for peace and disarmament, just transition from nuclear weapons production, and spending the peace dividend on social justice and tackling the climate emergency.