UCU: Reclaim the streets

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. The referendum in Switzerland banning wearing of the niqaab and burqa in public spaces
2. The death of Sarah Everard whilst walking home and the subsequent media victim blaming and local curfew for women
3. The £10K fine imposed on a nurse for organising a socially distanced demonstration in protest at the failure to reward healthcare workers with an adequate payrise
4. Government movement to tighten restrictions on public protest further and the damage this will do to the right to and expression of dissent.
Congress resolves:
a. To organise a national campaign in defence of the right to public dissent and protest, coordinating with the TUC & NUS on this
b. To renew our work in organising around the rights of women and NB people to freedom of choice whether clothing or movement; a freedom from state, street or domestic violence.