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AGM Agenda 22nd Jan 2024

1) Chairpersons Opening Comments

2) Apologies 

3) Minute silence.

4) Appointment of Tellers

5) Minutes of the previous AGM

6)Secretary’s Report

7) Financial Secretary’s Report

8) Employer Reports:

BT & Openreach,

Capita O2

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9) Organiser’s Report

10) Equality Officer’s Report

11) Political Report

12) Health & Safety Report

13) Learning & education report

14) Welfare Report

15) Women’s Officer Report

16) Retired members

17) LGBT Officer report

18) Youth Officer’s Report

19) Branch Motions to the Annual General Meeting

1) The branch pays Honoraria

Proposed by Liza Midgley

Seconded by Ian Ledgard-Bell

2) In accordance the national rule 5.15, up to 5% of the rebate will be used to pay Honoraria. Proposed by Ian Ledgard-Bell Seconded by Richard Freeman 3) Honoraria will be paid equally to all those holding an elected position within the branch. Only one payment will be made to those holding multiple positions. Proposed by Ian Ledgard-Bell

Seconded by Richard Freeman.

4) The Branch will create a disability officer position which will be included in the branch elections carried out every 2 years, like other officer positions, there is no release time for this role. The branch secretary will update the relevant sections of the branch constitution.

Proposed by Ian Ledgard-Bell

20) Motions to Conference

TFS Confernce:

“Conference agrees that the poor state of BT buildings is a serious issue and unacceptable. Whilst ‘flag ship’ buildings are maintained and cleaned to an acceptable standard the same cannot be said for most other buildings. Welfare rooms and toilets are not cleaned on a regular enough basis. Furniture is not repaired nor replaced, requiring our members, working in the field, to use dirty, unpleasant and sometimes unhealthy and unsafe facilities or find alternatives, to eat, use the toilet and wash. The T&FSE is instructed to raise this as a matter of urgency with the appropriate lines of business in BT and Openreach to secure improvements.”

 Proposed by :West Yorkshire Branch 

 21) AOB

Branch AGM

Advance notice that the Branch AGM will be held on Monday 22nd January at the Branch Office.

Meet the Union - Sovereign Street 11th-14th December

A big thanks to everyone who came to see us at Sovereign Street. It was great to meet and chat with so many of you.

We have picked up a number of issues which we are on with and will have updates on in the new year.