EAST LONDON 0338 BRANCH MINUTES
- C. Easter Chair
- D. Bingham Secretary
- T. Britton Treasurer
- J. Watts Assistant Secretary
- I. Bruce U.E.L. Group
- M. Farmer U.E.L. Group
- N. Seeley U.E.L. Group
12/06 Apologies & New Delegates:
Apologies: D. Kennedy B. Wimble
Members present welcomed I Bruce & M. Farmer to the Branch Meeting.
13/06 Minutes of January 2006 Meeting:
Read & Agreed.
14/06 Matters Arising:
05/06(a): Brent Trades Council. T. Britton has still to make contact.
05/06(b): Secretary has updated officer details.
05/06(d): No further copies of the new rulebook received yet. T. Britton to chase up.
15/06 Correspondence:
One item only: E.U. Services Directive. There is a debate within the union about action to stop this directive. Noted.
16/06 Membership:
U.E.L has one new member, Lucy Abrahams. Group now has 43 members on its list, which is about 90% accurate on detail.
Akzo Nobel Group still does not have correct details for membership.
17/06 Report on Regional Policy Conference on 21st January & Regional Education Sector Conference 2nd February:
Branch: 5 people attended and there were 36 nominations for the 18 available places for the Bi-Annual conference in 2007. Of the motions we supported, Motion 7 on energy got through but Motion 17 on Privacy was rejected. 4 Motions were forwarded to Bi-Annual Conference. There were elections for London Regional Council in spite of it only having met once in the last two years due to not being quorate because of non-attendance by sectorial delegates.
Education: 17 people attended and 5 were elected to National Sector Conference in
18/06 Group Reports:
U.E.L.Group:
Local Government Pension scheme ballot to take place next week for some unions, but no date for Amicus ballot yet. Ballot papers will go to home addresses. There is the need for a strong vote to demonstrate to employers the strength of feeling on this issue.
There was a very good Group meeting, which was well attended. A couple of new Women’s Reps were found and we are now represented on the Docklands Campus.
HERA still rumbles on. Amicus has told management that they will not put out to ballot anything that they are not happy with. This is part of the agreement. Still have not reached stage boundaries and salary points. The final package is due to be in place by May 2006.
Akzo Nobel Nippon Paints Group:
4 people who were made redundant left on 31st January. 2 had found jobs but 2 had not.
NUPLEXGroup:
Vote on 1% pay rise gave an acceptance by a 2:1 ratio. Communications meetings to restart with management.
19/06 Other Reports:
Treasures Report:
The Treasurer produced the Branch Accounts for 2006, but there has as yet been no date given as to when the audited AFR needs to be in by. Our income for the year was £699.94 and expenditure was £628.25 We had a balance at the end of 2005 of £79.80, so we are still well within budget and so far, unlike last year this surplus has not been prematurely reclaimed by Head Office. We will use this £75 to pay for our present room rental and then endeavour to claim it back as we are allowed expenses for room hirer.
20/0 Any Other Business:
NONE.
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