Conference
Conference takes place for five days each year in either
April or May and is the parliament of our Union.
Two of the five days are spent discussing issues that are appropriate to the whole Union. Then Conference is divided into sectional and industrial groupings for the remaining three days.
Conference 2012 will run from Sunday 22 - Thursday 26 April at the Bournemouth International Centre (BIC), Bournemouth.
Agendas:
Programme:
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Sunday 22nd April |
Rules Revision Conference
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(am)
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Monday 23rd April |
General Conference |
(am/pm) |
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Tuesday 24th April |
Telecoms Industry Conference
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(am/pm)
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Wednesday 25th April |
Telecoms Industry Conference
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(am/pm)
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Thursday 26th April |
Telecoms Industry Conference
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(am)
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All CWU members are entitled to attend Conference. If you wish to be a delegate, you must make an application through your branch.
Visitors, who are members of the union, may gain admission to the observers area by showing their membership card. Non member visitors should make a request for a visitors' pass in writing and indicate the capacity in which they would be making the application.
The conferences are motion based. The closing date for motions is usually around the beginning of March for General Conference, and April for Industrial Conferences each year. Around 1200 delegates representing the Union's 300 000 members attend.
Press and media enquiries should be directed to info@cwu.org
Closing dates for Motions
Rules Revision Conference, 19th January 2012
(LTB 1009/11 refers)
General Conference, 26th January 2012 (LTB 1008/11
refers)
Postal Conference, 9th February 2012 (LTB 1041/11
refers)
TFS Conference, 9th February 2012 (LTB 1037/11
refers)
Motions should be sent
if by post by first post or by email to conferences@cwu.org no later than
12 noon.
Conference also attracts a small army of exhibitors. These include:
- Communication Workers Friendly Society
- Labour Party
- Simpson Millar Solicitors LLP
- CWU Affinity Partners, including UIA, UIB and BHSF.
The physical organisation of Conference is the responsibility of the senior deputy general secretary. For further information contact Chris Tapper: ctapper@cwu.org or 0208 9717 331.
The constitutional organisation of Conference, including the Agenda, Documentation and Standing Orders is dealt with by various Standing Orders Committees.
We produce a Conference Guide that will be distributed to all delegates and visitors attending the CWU Annual Conference. If you have organised an event that is to be held at conference please let us have full details for inclusion in the guide. Branches and regions are invited to place fraternal greetings adverts in the guide.
Any enquiries concerning Conference should be directed in the first instance to Chris Tapper on 0208 971 7331 or ctapper@cwu.org
Conference 2011
Conference 2011 ran from from Sunday 22 - Thursday 26 May, in Bournemouth, at the BIC. All relevant documentation is published below. For more information on conference proceedings, motions passed, debates and fringe meetings please visit 2011 Conference daily news.
Download the
General Conference 2011 Agenda Pad
Download the
Special Rules Revision Agenda Pad 2011 and
Rule Book 2010-2011 (as updated on the 1st April 2011)
Download the
Telecoms & Financial Services Conference agenda 2011
Download the
Postal conference agenda 2011
Download the
Annual Report 2011
Download the
Postal Annual Report 2010-11
Branches wishing to find out more about deadlines are directed to LTB 057/11 (general conference), LTB 089/11 (Telecoms and Financial Services) and LTB 091/11 (postal)
