If as it seems Branches and Rep/Activists/Members really have had their fill of Mr Hayes then they could do worse than support the following motion which is due to be discussed and voted on at the General Meeting of the N.I. No1 Branch today.marky wrote:if we want hayes out the way is conference as i said who has the balls, any branches out there going to grow a pair and put a motion to conference calling for hayes to go.
Motion to Annual Conference
This Conference condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision taken by the NEC at the behest of the General Secretary, to suspend the N.I. No1 Branch Officers and Official as being both undemocratic and not in the best interests of the members of the Branch.
Further it is believed that the decision to suspend the Branch may have been taken on the basis of erroneous information provided by the General Secretary. The suspended Officers and Officials of the N.I.No1 Branch were not furnished with explanations for their suspension nor were they provided with an opportunity to appeal their suspension.
The continued suspension has therefore cast a cloud of suspicion over the integrity and suitableness of those suspended Branch Officers and Officials to hold office in the future. There are also deep concerns over equality of treatment as it is fact that at least one Branch Officer was not indeed bound by the suspension and was allowed to exercise unfettered control over Branch matters including finances whilst refusing to co-operate with other suspended colleagues.
This Conference also deplores the failure of the General Secretary to enact investigations/inquiries into paramilitary threats against a former Branch Official as well as scurrilous rumours and literature which were spread concerning another Former Branch Secretary. This is in spite of commitments and assurances given by the General Secretary to both members and the wider membership of the N.I. No1 Branch.
This Conference Instructs the Union’s President to initiate an inquiry independent of the General Secretary to look into all aspects of the Branch’s suspension and possible infringements of the union’s rules with a view to bringing any guilty parties before the Union’s National Discipline Committee.
Moved By: xxxx xxxxx Seconded By: xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx
