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		<title>E5 &#8211; Save Bombardier jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency motion  Congress notes at the Transport Committee hearing on 7 September 2011 the Secretary of State for Transport and European Commission representative said it would be legally possible to reverse the decision not to make Bombardier preferred bidder for the Thameslink rolling stock contract. Congress welcomes the leader of the opposition&#8217;s call on 8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E4 &#8211; Agency workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency motion Congress notes with concern the report of 5 September 2011 that the government plans to reduce the rights that the Agency Worker Regulations introduced on 1 October this year. Congress, however, believes that the existing regulations already fall short of the legal and moral requirements that the Agency Workers Directive imposes on EU [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E3 &#8211; English Defence League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency motion Congress is appalled at the treatment of NUJ members in East London on Saturday 3 September 2011. Journalists were carrying out their work, reporting the EDL event, taking photographs and recording eye witness accounts on behalf of a wide range of media outlets. Journalists were subjected to harassment, threats and abuse including physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E1 : TUC response to the riots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency motion Congress welcomes the TUC response to the riots that saw some of the worst rioting for over a decade in England towns and cities. Congress recognises that criminality and violence cannot be condoned or excused, but simplifying the underlying causes can lead to the wrong solutions. It is accepted that this is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E2 &#8211; Pre-abortion counselling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency motionCongress welcomes the overwhelming rejection of parliament to the amendment on abortion counselling to the Health and Social Care Bill. This would have stripped non-statutory abortion providers such as Marie Stopes and BPAS of their role in offering impartial advice and counselling to women considering abortion and enabled organisations opposed to abortion to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C13 &#8211; Health and safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Composite of motions 74 and amendments, 75, 76 and amendment, and 77 Congress notes that health and safety is a cornerstone of a civilised society. Congress notes that any death or serious injury at work is one too many. Since the Conservative-led government took power, ministers have targeted both safety legislation and the Health and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2011/c13-health-and-safety/</link>
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		<title>C14 &#8211; Work-related stress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Composite of motion 78 and amendment Congress agrees that work-related stress has been a growing problem for many years and in the current climate of cuts and reform in the NHS will see more victims succumb to this serious illness. Within the podiatry profession the SCP has witnessed many of its members being placed under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2011/c14-work-related-stress/</link>
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		<title>79 &#8211; Maximum working temperature (health and safety)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress agrees that the TUC increase the pressure on the government of the day to legislate for a maximum working temperature that covers all workplaces. A maximum temperature of 30°C or 27°C should be pursued for those doing strenuous work, where once the temperature reaches the maximum limit, then control measures must be implemented to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2011/79-maximum-working-temperature-health-and-safety/</link>
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		<title>70 &#8211; World Trade Organisation Mode 4 provisions and EU trade agreements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress notes the EU is negotiating a multi-billion pound free trade agreement with the Indian Government that includes World Trade Organisation Mode 4 provisions, which will allow transnational companies to bring in local labour to work temporarily inside the EU, including the UK. Congress is alarmed Mode 4 will mean it will be almost impossible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2011/70-world-trade-organisation-mode-4-provisions-and-eu-trade-agreements/</link>
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		<title>71 &#8211; Peace in the Middle East/South Asia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress notes that the “war on terror” is still continuing and has failed, after ten years, to bring the promised peace and stability to either the Middle East or the wider world. Congress believes it is time Britain disengaged from this conflict and in particular urges the rapid withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan. The [...]]]></description>
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