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Most of the motions heard were passed Decisions_2024 although there was more debate than there has been some years. A couple did fall. One on the Living Wage was seen as in conflict with our push for £15ph and had rather been overtaken by rises in the minimum wage; and one on organising in education fell in favour of the motion on a new negotiating body for schools that was passed instead. There was a good deal of focus on the need to organise in schools. We have a lot of members there that don’t get the deal they deserve and multi academy trusts are making it more difficult.
Much of the debate centred around the expectation that we would get a new Government and how we should relate to it to deliver the proper funding and fair pay that our motions demanded. we were in the middle of a consultation at the time and I think the result reflected the mood at conference
