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Strong support was given by the GS to
London campaigners on this issue following a
comprehensively supported letter in The Guardian.
The General Secretary has highlighted this issue in
a number of articles in the national press.
Resolution 16 (continued)
2.
Link with and support the campaigns by Hope Not Hate and Unite
Against Fascism to explain and oppose the racism, xenophobia and
far-right policies of UKIP, including their opposition to trade union
organisation, beyond this year’s General Election;
3.
Reinforces the call for collective bargaining to be accepted once more
as the best means of regulating pay, distributing income and stopping
the race to the bottom which is the real reason why employers are
encouraging low cost labour to migrate to this country.
Resolution 17
Playwork services
(1) This conference notes with dismay the damage and destruction wreaked
upon play services as a consequence of the austerity agenda that
continues to destroy services. We are dismayed at the number of adventure
playgrounds, outreach play ranger schemes and play centres across the
country that are now closed and unable to support children in poverty at a
time when they need the support most. We believe the current emphasis on
targeted work to support only children at a point of serious crisis is flawed
and fails to value children, Playwork and Playworkers.
(2) It notes with concern the recently introduced childcare regulations, which
seriously affect the professionalisation of the workforce, is leading to
widespread redundancies and eroding the quality of experiences-including
the safety – of children in after school clubs and holiday playschemes.
(3) We call on the GFTU to:
Endorse and promote the Unite statement for employers to adopt to commit
to employing qualified Playworkers.
Endorse the article by Unite Playwork Convenor Chris Martin ‘Play is a serious
business’ as well as the article on the impact of austerity measures on
Playworkers in the inaugural Journal of Playwork Practice.
(4) Support the work to encourage Playworkers into Trade union membership.
(5) Support the proposal for Playworkers to be incorporated on to the JNC for
Youth and Community workers and covered by these National Terms and
conditions.
(6) Support the development of plans to rebuild and reinvest in a professional
Play service for Britain.
Resolution 18
Black Youth Unemployment
(1) Half UK’s young Black men are out of work. This was the headline on the front
page of the Guardian Saturday 10 March 2012. If you are White you have
more chance of becoming employed, if you are Black you have less chance
of being employed. This claim has continued with the Department of Work
and Pensions in January 2014 declaring that BAEM communities (Black,
Asian & Ethnic Minority) unemployment was 12% while it was 6% for White
communities.
(2) For those who fight for justice and equality this comes as no surprise. It is
obviously a problem as authorities and organisations don’t talk about it
because if they did they would have to act. The Conservative led Coalition
Government fails to recognise this as a national crisis even though all data,
facts and statistics available clearly show that Black young people are more
than twice as likely to be unemployed than their white counterparts.