A Just Scotland for Women ORDER OF BUSINESS. (may be subject to change) CHAIR: ANN JOSS, RMT

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A Just Scotland for Women 83+ 87 TH Annual STUC Women s Conference Monday 3 rd / Tuesday 4 th November 2014 Perth Concert Hall ORDER OF BUSINESS (may be subject to change) CHAIR: ANN JOSS, RMT Please

1 A Just Scotland for Women TH Annual STUC Women s Conference Monday 3 rd / Tuesday 4 th November 2014 Perth Concert Hall ORDER OF BUSINESS (may be subject to change) CHAIR: ANN JOSS, RMT Please note that the closing time for emergency motions is 4.00 pm on Monday 3 rd November Any emergency motions submitted are likely to be scheduled for debate on Tuesday 4 th November, morning session. #stucwomen14

2 Monday 3 rd November am - Registration am Please note the Civic Reception will take place between 9.15 am am. Tea / Coffee / Tray Bakes will be available in the Concert Hall foyer am - Chair s Opening Remarks and Minute s am Silence for those trade unionists and activists who are no longer with us Civic Welcome: Provost Elizabeth Grant Perth & Kinross Council Secretary s Remarks Chair s Address to Conference: Ann Joss, RMT Vote of Thanks to the Chair: Mary-Jane Herbison, RMT Standing Orders Report Dave Moxham, STUC Deputy General Secretary am - MOTIONS: am Motion 18 In work Benefits Motion 17 Changes in the Benefits System Motion 20 Impact Maternity Leave has on Women s Pensions am - Guest Speaker: am Dame Anne Begg MP, Aberdeen South, and Chair of Westminster Select Committee on Work and Pensions 2

3 Monday 3 rd November (continued) am - MOTIONS: pm Motion 19 Living Pensions Motion 21 Women s Health, Safety and Wellbeing Motion 22 Low Pay, Poor Health Motion 6 Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership pm - LUNCH (Visit Stalls) 2.00 pm BUCKET COLLECTION FOR THE SCOTTISH PENSIONERS FORUM Union Rep Awards screening (Gannochy Auditorium) Fringe Meeting (12.30 pm pm) Older Women and the Workplace Chaired by: Agnes Tolmie, UNITE and Member of the Labour Commission on Older Women and Work Speakers: Jackie Baillie MSP & Margaret Curran MP Norie Miller pm - MOTIONS: 3.15 pm Motion 26 Tackling Women s Inequality Worldwide Justice for Colombia film and video message from Liliany Obando in Colombia introduced by Agnes Tolmie, UNITE / STUC Women s Committee Motion 27 Gaza Motion 28 Global Equality in Education for Women and Girls Motion 23 Secret Slaves of the UK 3.15 pm - Comfort Break (Visit Stalls) 3.45 pm 3

4 Monday 3 rd November (continued) 3.45 pm - WORKSHOPS: 4.45 pm Tackling Dyslexia in the Workplace and the Role of Learning Reps Facilitator: Wendy Burton (Scottish Union Learning); Chair: Annie McCrae; Scribe: Fiona Steele Gannochy Auditorium (the main Conference hall) Women and World War I Facilitator: Esther Breitenbach, University of Edinburgh; Chair: Sharon Edwards; Scribe: Pauline Rourke Norie Miller 1 Women and Sport Facilitator: to be confirmed; Chair: Elaine Dougall; Scribe: Annette Drylie Norie Miller 2 Older Women and Gender Discrimination in the Workplace, including Attendance Management and Other Practices Facilitator: Kathleen Bolt, Fox & Partners Lawyers; Chair: Brenda Carson; Scribe: Lorna Binnie The Earn Room 4.45 pm - Guest Speaker: Maggie Kathewera Banda, 4.55 pm Executive Director, The Women s Legal Resource Centre, Malawi 4.55 pm - Chair s Closing Remarks (Ann Joss) 5.00 pm BUCKET COLLECTION FOR JUSTICE FOR COLOMBIA 4

5 Evening Reception 8.00 pm - 87 th Annual STUC Women s Conference Social 1.00 am The Salutation Hotel, Perth Refreshments and buffet sponsored by Thompsons Solicitors / DJ and paying bar Raffle Proceeds to Medical Aid for Palestine 5

6 Tuesday 4 th November am - Announcement of 9.35 am STUC Women s Committee and Standing Orders Committee for 2014 / am - MOTIONS: 9.55 am Motion 5 Women and Transport Motion 16 Women s Access to Justice 9.55 am - Guest Speaker: Keith Brown MSP, am Minister for Transport and Veterans and Question & Answer session am - MOTIONS: am Motion 11 Equality Proofing Motion 10 Equal Opportunities Monitoring in the Arts am - Comfort Break am (Visit Stalls) am - Scottish Working Women s History, through the am National Library of Scotland s (NLS) Collection Maria Castrillo, Curator of Political Collections, NLS Jan Usher, Social Science Curator, NLS am - Possible Emergency Motions am am - Guest Speaker: Susan Morrison pm pm- MOTIONS: pm Motion13 Gender Quotas on governing Bodies of Public Institutions, Universities and Higher Education Institutions Composite B (covering motions 14 and 15) Gender Stereotyping of Toys 6

7 Tuesday 4 th November 2014 (continued) pm - LUNCH 2.00 pm BUCKET COLLECTION FOR WOMEN S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM 1.15 pm - Fringe Meeting: 2.00 pm Women s Votes Women s Voices Norie Miller 1 Maria Fyfe former MP Eileen Dinning, UNISON and past Chair, STUC Women s Committee on 50/50 Campaign 2.00 pm - MOTIONS: 2.45 pm Motion 12 Proportionality Motion 2 Women Paying the Price of Austerity Motion 3 Impacts of Austerity on women in Scotland Motion 4 Dignity in Care Post Referendum 2.45 pm - Guest Speaker: Robert Mooney, 2.50 pm STUC Disabled Workers Committee 2.50 pm - MOTIONS: 3.45 pm Composite A (covering motions 7 and 8) Childcare in Scotland Motion 1 Women and Employment Motion 9 Flexible working Motion 24 Rape Awareness Campaign Motion 25 Violence Against Women ENDORSEMENT OF WOMEN S COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 3.45 pm Vote of Thanks (Susan Morrison) 4.00 pm Close of Conference 7

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