GFTU BGCM Report 2017

CONTENTS

Our Affiliates ............................................................................................4 Standing Orders for the BGCM . ............................................................5 List of BGCM Venues 1899-2017 .............................................................6 General Secretary’s Introduction ...........................................................8 The GFTU’s New Education Programme .............................................10 Resolutions 2015/2017 Policies & Implementations . ..........................12 Finances . ................................................................................................29 GFTU Activities . .....................................................................................30 Quorn Grange Hotel ..............................................................................33 GFTU Pension Scheme . ........................................................................34 International Work .................................................................................35 GFTU Educational Trust ........................................................................44 Art and The Movement ..........................................................................48 Tributes ...................................................................................................50 Executive Committee Attendance 2015-2017 ......................................51 Executive Committee 2015-2017 ...........................................................53 Who’s Who ..............................................................................................54 Affiliations, Donations, Partners . .........................................................56 Motions to 2017 BGCM ..........................................................................58

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