7pm on Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Trades and Labour Club, 200 Duke Street, Sheffield S2 5QQ
6.30pm Doors open for registration and collection of delegate cards
7pm Welcome by President
7.05pm Minutes of 158th AGM 24th February 2015
7.10pm Guest speaker: Steve Gillan General Secretary Prison Officers Association
We are delighted to have Steve Gillan as our guest speaker this year. The POA is a strong progressive union which has faced up to a ban on strike action by bravely defying the law. Steve is also very much a friend of Trades Councils and sits on the TUC JCC and chaired last year’s Trades Council Conference in Crewe.
7.25pm Questions and comments from the floor
7.40pm Reports from
President Bob Jeffery – Annual Report 2015
Secretary Martin Mayer – affiliations 2016
Andy Yeardley – Treasurer’s report
7.50 pm Elections: Officers President; 2 Vice Presidents; Secretary; Treasurer
Executive Committee* 12 places + 2 additional women’s places
and 4 JSSC** places
8pm AGM closes
8pm -9pm February delegate Meeting
* Last year a number of seats were unfilled. We encourage branches to nominate particularly from unions not already represented on the Exec committee.
** Joint Shop Steward Committee (JSSC) are workplaces where more than one trade union join together for collective bargaining p[purposes and representation.
Nominations for STUC Officer positions 2016
President Nominated by
Bob Jeffery UCU UCU Sheffield Hallam; PCS DWP; UNITE NE/GEO/1 Sheffield East; UNITE Sheffield GEO2 NE/0824; UNITE 302/25
Vice Presidents (2)
Dave Smith UNITE UNITE 302/25; UNITE Sheffield GEO2 NE/0824; ASLEF
Ray Jackson ASLEF UNITE Sheffield GEO2 NE/0824; ASLEF
Secretary
Martin Mayer UNITE UNITE 302/25; PCS DWP; UNITE Sheffield GEO2 NE/0824;
UNITE NE/GEO/1 Sheffield East; ASLEF
Treasurer
Andy Yeardley UNITE UNITE 302/25; UNITE Sheffield GEO2 NE/0824; ASLEF
Executive committee (12 places)
Tom Bishell PCS PCS DWP
Bill Ronksley ASLEF UNITE NE/Geo/1 Sheffield East; ASLEF
Ray Jackson ASLEF UNITE NE/Geo/1 Sheffield East
Les Wray UNITE UNITE 302/25
Julia Armstrong NUJ NUJ South Yorkshire
Daragh O’Neill UNITE UNITE Community Branch
Simon Murch NUT
Maxine Bowler UNITE NE/403/5 N4P
Executive Committee: Two additional women’s places
Executive Committee: four Joint Shop Stewards Committee places
Auditors (2):