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leaseholders and opposes it where the aim is for private developers to cash in
and make loads of money while existing tenants and leaseholders face being
kicked out of their homes.
(4) This BGCM deplores the lack of social housing being provided by the present
Government, is aware of the affordable housing crisis and believes much
more should be done to build more affordable homes. This Conference calls
for GFTU affiliates to:
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call on the Labour Party to investigate using council homes as a cash
machine to bridge funding gaps.
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give local authorities the right to actively purchase houses from the open
market, e.g. ex-council houses and empty properties to increase the
stock of social housing in their area
•
call on the Government to provide funding for a major house-building
programme to build social housing to meet these needs and as a
consequence provide thousands of much needed jobs to boost
devastated local economies.
•
actively campaign for the reintroduction of policies such as the Fair Rent
Act and to pressure the Labour Party to commit to a sustained building
programme once in power, to publicise services available which will help
those faced with housing difficulties.
Resolution 6
UK Manufacturing
(1) This BGCM is appalled at the deeply unpatriotic way that the Coalition
Government is running down UK manufacturing, in favour of foreign
ownership of British industry and using free market globalisation as
the reason. This Conference calls on the government to support the
manufacturing industry. The policy of pure competition in the world market
is leading to a decline in UK manufacturing
(2) The last thirty years has seen the increasing tide of the free market and
globalisation, which has eroded the British manufacturing base, seen
privatised UK services and increased foreign ownership of key parts of the UK
economic infrastructure
(3) This BGCM believes that the UK Government should ensure, through its own
procurement, but also giving a lead through a drive to buy British, that all
must be done to reinvigorate and restore UK manufacturing.
(4) This Conference calls
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on the GFTU to campaign for greater support for our Manufacturing
Sector
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for the GFTU and affiliates to lobby for an unequivocal commitment to
reverse Coalition procurement methods where everything is based on
price and to commit to processing goods and services in government
from companies based in the UK.
Resolution 7
White Ribbon Campaign
(1) This BGCM notes that whilst both men and women can experience domestic
violence, the majority of the victims are women and the majority of the
perpetrators are men. Police in the UK receive one domestic violence call
every minute, which is even more shocking given that less than half of
incidents are reported.
Considerable success has been achieved in gaining
a new general recognition that the dominance
of speculation and the financial sector must be
reversed.The GFTU has maintained solidarity with
all affiliates notably in the steel industry seeking
to save steel production. We have met with new
centres of manufacturing and technological
excellence to promote a rebuilding of the skill
based of the manufacturing sector.
Promotion of this campaign has taken place over
the last two years.
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