Motion 1
Constitutional Amendment
“That this Congress agrees that the STUC Constitution be amended as follows:
RULE 1: NAME PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE
Paragraph 4, line 4, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 4, line 5, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 4, line 6, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 4, line 7, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
RULE 6: ELECTION OF GENERAL COUNCIL
At end of paragraph 6 add: “After three absences from General Council meeting with no apologies submitted a member will be deemed to have resigned.”
Paragraph 11, line 1 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 11, bullet point (ii), line 1 delete “27” and replace with “31”
Paragraph 12, line 1 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 13, line 2 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 14, line 2 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 16, line 8 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 16, line 10 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 16, line 11 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 16, line 12 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 16, line 13 insert “The Women’s Committee delegation shall be entitled to six votes”
RULE 18: ASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS
Paragraph 1, line 1, after “assemble” insert “biennially in even years,”
RULE 20: DELEGATES TO CONGRESS
Paragraph 1, line 3 delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 1, lines 3/4 delete “Disabled Workers Conference” and replace with “Disabled Workers Committee”
Paragraph 1, line 4 delete “LGBT+ Workers Conference” and replace with “LGBT+ Workers Committee”
Paragraph 1, line 5 delete “Conference” and replace with “Committee”
RULE 21: BASIS OF REPRESENTATION
Paragraph 4, line 1, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 4, line 3, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 5, line 1, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 5, line 3, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 6, line 1, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 6, line 3, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 7, line 1, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 7, line 3, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Add new paragraph 8, “The Women’s Committee shall be entitled to send not more than 6 delegates to Congress, elected by and from the Women’s Committee in such a manner as may be prescribed by the General Council.”
RULE 24: VOTING
Paragraph 1, line 11, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 1, line 13, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 1, line 15, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
Paragraph 1, line 16, delete “conference” and replace with “committee”
At end of paragraph 1, line 18, add new sentence “The Women’s Committee Delegation shall be issued with a voting card representing six votes.”
RULE 26: BUSINESS OF CONGRESS
Paragraph 1, line 2 delete from “the black workers conference …” to “… and the youth conference” and replace with “the Black Workers’ Committee, the Disabled Workers’ Committee, the LGBT+ Workers’ Committee, the Youth Committee, and the Women’s Committee,”
RULE 27: STANDING ORDERS: (SUBSECTION LIMITATIONS OF SPEECHES)
Paragraph 1, line 1, delete “eight” replace with “five”
Paragraph 1, line 2, delete “four” replace with “three”
Paragraph 1, line 5, delete “four” replace with “three”
Mover: STUC General Council
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