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		<title>Motions coming soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Motions to Congress are only published in their final form at Congress. We don’t want to put up preliminary motions before the composited motions are finally published, as this might mess up any discussion already taking place if we need to move and edit pages. Watch this space for the final texts.]]></description>
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		<title>E4 Vestas and green jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers  Congress notes on 18 August the wind turbine manufacture Vestas reported a 29 per cent revenue increase and full-year operating profit forecast of 11 to 13 per cent whilst also hiring 5,000 workers for new factories in China, the US and Spain. Congress is appalled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/e4-vestas-and-green-jobs/</link>
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		<title>E6 National Grid: national greed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by GMB Congress notes with alarm the notification of redundancies in Newcastle, Northampton and Warwick, given to the joint unions (GMB, Unison and Unite) by National Grid on 4 September 2009. Congress further notes the 24-hour strike which took place in Newcastle on 11 September, in defence of jobs at risk from the company’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/e6-national-grid-national-greed/</link>
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		<title>E5 Sri Lanka</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Fire Brigades Union  The Guardian newspaper on Monday 7 September reported on Sri-Lanka’s expulsion of a senior UN official who was critical of the Government-run “Welfare Camps”. The concerns raised by James Elder, UNICEF head of communications, support those raised in a briefing issued on 10 August 2009, by Amnesty International, which drew [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/e5-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<title>E2 Cuts in the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by: Public and Commercial Services Union Congress notes that on 31 July 2009 the Government published proposals for cuts in the civil service compensation scheme (CSCS). The CSCS provides funding for redundancy and early retirement. Congress notes that in the media the cuts have been presented as reform to end gold-plated pay-offs. In reality, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/e2-cuts-in-the-civil-service-compensation-scheme-cscs/</link>
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		<title>E3 Royal Mail dispute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Communications Workers Union Congress notes that the CWU is balloting its Royal Mail membership from 16 September on strike action. This decision follows the failure of management to negotiate a new agreement covering the wages, terms and conditions of the workforce in the modernisation of the industry. Congress agrees to offer full support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/e3-royal-mail-dispute/</link>
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		<title>15 Women’s employment and the recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by TUC Women&#8217;s Conference Congress is concerned about the threats to customer services and employment in the UK finance industry arising from the crisis in world banking as manifested in the UK. Congress notes the job losses announced in the finance sector and urges the Government to take action against unscrupulous employers who are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/15-womens-employment-and-the-recession/</link>
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		<title>16 Agenda for economic recovery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by TUC Black Workers&#8217; Conference Congress notes that: i) the people of Britain are experiencing the shock and awe of the turmoil in the financial markets and the banking sector, which has resulted in cuts in public spending, rising unemployment, wage cuts and home repossessions ii) many in the financial sector continue to receive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/16-agenda-for-economic-recovery/</link>
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		<title>17 Discrimination, recession and welfare reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by TUC Disability Conference Congress notes that unemployment is predicted to increase to almost three million by 2010 and that disabled people are particularly at risk when unemployment rises. Congress welcomes the announced increase in Access to Work funding but believes that even doubling the budget will prove inadequate to move one million people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/17-discrimination-recession-and-welfare-reform/</link>
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		<title>C8 Manufacturing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Composite of motion 18, and motion 19 and amendment Congress recognises the important contribution that government procurement strategy can play in the maintenance of the UK manufacturing sector. Congress is concerned that in the present economic climate the Government has failed to recognise the opportunities which could be used to sustain UK jobs in manufacturing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.congressvoices.org/2009/c8-manufacturing/</link>
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