GFTU BGCM 2019 Minutes

been treated appallingly and exposed to blatantly dangerous operational

models. In Working Links’ case there were, we estimate, four or five murders

on their watch, many of which are under inquest or still being investigated and

some, most notably, that have been in the media in recent times. I think those

sorts of incidents should not only be the subject of a further Parliamentary

Inquiry, bit there should be a criminal investigation as well of the former

directors of Working Links and all those directors out there who have been

content to see models which meant that offenders were telephoned at four or

five weekly intervals to ask if they killed anybody recently. Were it not so

serious it would be laughable. I want a criminal investigation and that will be

our next port of call.

As Katie said, there is still much to do. We will not stop, we cannot stop. We

want the very decent, most basic expectation that people should be paid and

treated equally across the two arms of the sector while it exists and we will not

stop and I know the GFTU will not stop until we secure complete and total

victory. Thank you. (Applause)

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Ian.

The motion was formally seconded

THE PRESIDENT: Would anybody like to speak on that motion? (No response)

Motion 7 was CARRIED unanimously

THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Now we move on to Finances, so if I can refer you to the

yellow and the dark blue tabs in the book I think all the financial stuff is there

and I hand over now to the General Secretary.

FINANCES

THE GENERAL SECRETARY: Thanks, John. All of the different accounts of the

GFTU have been signed off. There is a Pensions Trust and they are signed off

by the pensions trustees. There is an Education Trust and their accounts are

signed off by the Education Trust. There is the hotel which is signed off by the

hotel directors and then there are the GFTU accounts which are signed off by

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