Women, Many Roles, Many Barriers
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
(may be subject to change)
CHAIR: DavenaRankin, UNISON
Please note that the closing time for emergency motions is 4.00 pm on Friday28th October 2016. Any emergency motions submitted are likely to be scheduled for debate on Saturday 29th October, afternoon session.
Friday 28th October 2016
8.30 am -Registration
9.45 am
10.00 am-Chair’s Opening Remarks and
10.35 amMinute’sSilence for those trade unionists
and activistswho are no longer with us
Civic Welcome:
Provost Elizabeth Grant, Perth & Kinross Council
Secretary’s Remarks:
Ann Henderson, STUC Assistant Secretary and
Secretary to the STUC Women’s Committee
Chair’s Address to Conference:
Davena Rankin, UNISON
Vote of Thanks to the Chair:
Katrina Murray, UNISON
Standing Orders Report:
Mary Finn, Chair, Standing Orders Committee
Friday 28thOctober 2016 (continued)
10.35 am -MOTIONS:
11.25 amSection 1 - Economy & Employment
Motion No. 2 “Women and the Labour Market”
Group Debate:Motions 3 and 4
Motion No. 3 “Equalisation of State Pension Age”
Motion No. 4 “Make Fair Transitional State Pension Arrangements for 1950s Women”
Motion No. 9 “Women and Economic Poverty due to Oil and Gas Companies”
Motion No. 10 “Flexible Working in Education”
Motion No. 11 “Shared Parental Leave (SPL)”
11.25am -Guest Speaker:
11.35amHelen Connor, STUC President
11.35am -MOTIONS:
11.50am Section 7 – International
Motion No. 39 “Community HEART (Health, Education and Reconstruction Training)”
11.50 am -Unions into Schools
12.15 pm
12.15 pm - Guest Speaker:
12.30 pmSusan Morrison
Friday 28thOctober 2016 (continued)
12.30 pm -LUNCH (Visit Stalls)
2.00 pm
BUCKET COLLECTION FOR: Girl Guides
Palestine film
Fringe meetings take place 12.45 pm – 1.45 pm
(lunch / refreshments)
Unions into Schools Fringe,
Chair: Davena Rankin -Norie Miller Rooms 1 & 2
2ndFringe Meeting (Women’s Committee/WASPI), Chair: Annette Drylie–Tilt Room
Guest Speaker: Margaret Ferrier MP
2.00pm -Guest Speaker:
2.15pmGrahame Smith, STUC General Secretary
2.15 pm -MOTIONS:
3.00pmSection 2 - Increasing Women’s Representation
and Participation
Group Debate: Amended Motions 18, 19 and 22
Amended Motion No. 18 “Women in Male Dominated Professions”
Amended Motion No. 19 “Inspiring Women”
Amended Motion No. 22 “National Women in Engineering Day”
Motion No. 20 “Women’s Representation in Public Life”
Motion No. 21 “Parliamentary Election Costs”
Presentation of Women’s Committee Annual Report to Conference
Annette Drylie, Vice-Chair
Friday 28thOctober 2016 (continued)
3.00 pm -MOTIONS:
3.15 pmSection 5 – Health
Motion No. 33 “Breast Cancer”
Motion No. 34 “Abortion”
3.15 pm -Comfort Break
3.30 pm
3.30 pm -MOTIONS:
4.40pmSection 1 - Economy & Employment
Motion No. 13 “Respect and Recognition of Women in Work”
Motion No. 14 “Diversity of Opportunity in the Entertainment Industry”
Motion No. 15 “Pay in the NHS”
Motion No. 16 “Staffing of Trains and Stations and Women’s Safety”
Motion No. 17 “Standardised Safe Operating Procedures in the Justice Sector”
MOTIONS:
Section 3 - Education and Lifelong Learning
Motion No. 23 “Unconscious Bias”
4.40pm -Guest Speaker:
4.45 pmMary Jane Herbison, RMT
TUC Women’s Committee
4.45 pm -Meritorious Award
4.55 pm
4.55 pm -Chair’s Closing Remarks (Davena Rankin)
5.00 pm
BUCKET COLLECTION FOR: Community Heart
Friday 28thOctober 2016 (continued)
Evening Events
7.15 pm -Civic Reception hosted by Perth & Kinross Council
7.45 pmRoyal George Hotel, Perth
8.00 pm -89th Annual STUC Women’s Conference Social
1.00 amRoyal George Hotel, Perth
Refreshments and buffet sponsored by Thompsons Solicitors / DJ and paying bar. Raffle – Proceeds to:Perth & Kinross Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre
Saturday 29thOctober 2016
9.30 am -MOTIONS:
10.15 amSection 4 - Social Justice
Motion No. 27 “Caring for Disabled Children”
MOTIONS:
Section 1 –Economy and Employment
Group Debate: Motions 1, 5, 6, 7 and 8
Motion No. 1 “Progressive Taxation and Combatting the Effects of Austerity on Women and Children”
Motion No. 5 “Women and Auto-enrolment”
Motion No. 6 “Welfare Reform”
Motion No. 7 “Working Tax Credits and Other Benefits”
Amended Motion No. 8 “Women’s Total Work Burden”
MOTIONS:
Section 4 - Social Justice
Motion No. 24 “Women: Many Roles, Many Barriers”
10.15 am -Guest Speaker:
10.45 amJeane Freeman MSP, OBE
Minister for Social Security
This includes some time for questions from delegates
10.45 am -MOTIONS:
11.05 amSection 5 - Health
MotionNo. 29 “Women and the Menopause”
Saturday 29thOctober 2016 (continued)
Group Debate: Motions 30, 31 and 32
Motion No. 30 “Mental Health”
Motion No. 31 “Saheliya Supporting the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Women of Scotland”
Motion No. 32 “Concerns around Maternal Mental Health”
11.05 am -Guest Speaker:
11.10 amPam Currie, EIS
Chair, STUC LGBT Workers’ Committee
11.10 am -Comfort Break
11.30 am(Visit Stalls)
11.30am -PANEL SESSION
12.45 pm
Chair: Davena Rankin, Chair,
STUC Women’s Committee
Panel Members:
Kezia Dugdale MSP, Leader, Scottish Labour Party
Diana Holland, Assistant General Secretary,
Unite the Union
Vonnie Sandlan, President, National Union of
Students, Scotland
Talat Yaqoob, Director, Equate Scotland
12.45 pm -LUNCH
2.00 pm
BUCKET COLLECTION FOR: Hadeel
2016Union Rep Awards screening
Saturday 29thOctober 2016 (continued)
Fringe meeting takes place 12.45pm – 1.50 pm
(lunch / refreshments)
Women’s Committee/Black Workers’ Committee /SaheliyaFringe Meeting-Norie Miller Rooms 1 & 2
Chair: Sharon Edwards, PCS
2.00pm -Announcement of STUC Women’s Committee
2.05 pmand Standing OrdersCommittee for 2016/17
2.05 pm -Any Emergency Motions
2.30 pm
2.30 pm -MOTIONS:
3.45 pmSection 4 - Social Justice
Composite A (covering Motion 25 & amendments and Motion 26) “Support for Women Asylum Seekers and Refugees”
Motion No. 28 “Scottish Women in the Criminal Justice System”
MOTIONS:
Section 6 - Violence Against Women
Group Debate: Motions 35 and 36
Motion No. 35 “Cyber Bullying and the Media”
Motion No. 36 “Tackling Sexual Harassment and Gender Based Harassment”
Group Debate: Motions 37 and 38
Motion No. 37 “Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children and Young People”
Motion No. 38 “Domestic Abuse Policies”
3.45 pmVote of Thanks
Susan Morrison
4.00 pmClose of Conference
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