Union Support

The People's Charter already enjoys the support of a number of national unions, view supporters.

ASLEF                  Association of Education Psychologists    Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union BECTU British Orthoptic Society (BOSTU)    Communication Workers Union  Equity    Fire Brigades Union GMB                  Musician’s Union NAPO

NASUWT National Union of Mineworkers   National Union of Teachers NUJ PCS   Prison Officers Association   Professional Footballers Association RMT UNITE   United Road Transport Union   University & College Union

It is being tabled for discussion in many union branches, at district and regional level and at union conferences.

To help focus your discussion and to outline fully, the core aspects of the Charter, we have drawn up a model motion set out below.

If you develop the motion to more closely match the interests of workers in your industry or region, let us know by sending us a copy. Likewise if the motion is passed, let us know. Better still, send us in a report of the discussion. Simply go to contact us.

This Union branch/ committee/ conference agrees to support the People's Charter, which sets out a programme for challenging the economic crisis and for a fairer society including:

i) a fair economy: taking leading banking, insurance and mortgage industries into public ownership; ending raids on pension funds, asset-stripping and corporate tax loopholes; restructuring tax so big business and the wealthy pay more

ii) more and better jobs: building full employment, protecting existing jobs and investing to create new jobs with decent pay; raising the minimum wage and ending the lower rate for young workers

iii) decent homes: stopping repossessions, controlling rents, giving local government the power and funds to build and renovate millions of affordable quality homes and buy empty properties

iv) saving and improving our services: ensuring energy, transport, water, post and telecommunications are in public ownership; ending profiteering in public services; stopping EU privatisation directives

v) fairness and justice: free heating and transport for every pensioner; linking state pensions and benefits to average earnings; protecting pension schemes; ending child poverty; enforcing equal pay for women; ending racism and discrimination; no scapegoating migrant workers; guaranteeing training, apprenticeships and education with grants and no fees; restoring trade union rights

vi) a secure and sustainable future: ending the cost of war and nuclear weapons; bringing our troops home; getting rid of the debt economy and cancelling the debts of the poor of the planet.

Union branch/ committee/ conference agrees to build support for the Charter in workplaces and communities to assist in achieving a million UK signatures to demonstrate that the Government must put people first.

Union branch/ committee/ conference agrees to send a message of support to the People's Charter campaign.