Skip to content

TUC Congress Motions

Guide to Congress motions and composite motions

  • Home
  • Carried
  • Lost
  • 2025 motions
    • All motions
    • Composite motions
    • Emergency motions
  • Motions from 2018-2024
    • 2018
    • 2019
    • 2020
    • 2021
      • 2021 General Council Statements
    • 2022
      • 2022 General Council Statements
    • 2023
      • 2023 General Council Statement
      • 2023 Special Congress – General Council Statement
    • 2024
      • 2024 General Council Statements
    • All motions
  • Home
  • Previous Congresses
  • 2025

2025 motions

Jump to: Carried motionsLost motions

Search motions

Watch Congress live at www.tuc.org.uk/CongressLive

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 06 Self-employed workers

Received from: AUE

Posted on 17/08/202510/09/2025

Motion 72 International solidarity with journalists

Received from: NUJ

Carried motions
Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 27 School support staff deserve better

Received from: GMB

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C09 Education system

Received from: EIS, UCU

Comprising Motions 51 and 52 plus amendment Continue reading “C09 Education system”

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 53 Scrap audition fees and other hidden costs for arts courses in higher education

Received from: Equity

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 54 Inclusivity in our schools

Received from: NAHT

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 55 Ending Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH)

Received from: AEP

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 56 Knife crime and social media

Received from: NASUWT

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 31 UK resilience

Received from: Prospect

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 32 Public sector productivity

Received from: FDA

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 33 Standards in government

Received from: FDA

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 40 Subsidiary companies

Received from: Unison

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 41 Inequalities in maternity care

Received from: RCM

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C08 Retaining and valuing the NHS workforce to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan

Received from: College of Podiatry, RCM

Comprising of Motions 42, 43 and 44 plus amendments Continue reading “C08 Retaining and valuing the NHS workforce to deliver the NHS 10-Year Plan”

Posted on 17/08/202507/09/2025

Motion 45 Reducing health inequalities through nutrition and prevention

Received from: BDA

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 49 Fund our fire and rescue service

Received from: FBU

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 50 Zane’s Law

Received from: FBU

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 20 Action against assaults on public-facing workers

Received from: RMT

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 21 Dignity for train drivers

Received from: ASLEF

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C05 Protecting transport workers from harmful dust, fumes and poor air quality

Received from: College of Podiatry, TSSA

Comprising Motions 22 and amendments Continue reading “C05 Protecting transport workers from harmful dust, fumes and poor air quality”

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 57 Safer Inside Prisons Charter

Received from: POA

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 59 Where next for Cafcass?

Received from: NAPO

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 69 Rail Freight Future

Received from: ASLEF

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C12 A just transition for railway workers

Received from: RMT, TSSA

Comprising Motion 70 plus amendments Continue reading “C12 A just transition for railway workers”

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C07 Tax wealth, fund public services and shift power in favour of working people

Received from: NASUWT, Unite

Comprising Motions 28, 29, 34, 35 and 36 plus amendments Continue reading “C07 Tax wealth, fund public services and shift power in favour of working people”

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 30 A new approach to public services

Received from: CSP

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 26 Player workload and wellbeing

Received from: PFA

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 46 Protecting the public and healthcare professionals from role substitution in health care

Received from: HCSA

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C02 Tackling the far right

Received from: EIS, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Comprising of Motions 09 and 10 plus amendments Continue reading “C02 Tackling the far right”

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 11 Challenging the misogyny, misogynoir and anti-feminism of the far right

Received from: CSP

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 12 Tackling misogyny, sexism, the rise of incel culture and the far right

Received from: TUC Women's Conference

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 13 And Then it Clicked…

Received from: TUC Black Workers Conference

Posted on 16/08/202508/09/2025

C03 Recognition and respect for migrant workers

Received from: PCS, Unison

Comprising Motions 14, 15 and 16 and amendments Continue reading “C03 Recognition and respect for migrant workers”

Posted on 17/08/202508/09/2025

Motion 47 Local government funding crisis

Received from: Unison

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C01 Organising and bargaining

Received from: CWU, National Education Union

Comprising Motion 01, 02 plus amendments and 03 Continue reading “C01 Organising and bargaining”

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 04 Organising and delivering for young workers: age-related redundancy pay

Received from: Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 05 Recruitment and retention of young members

Received from: TUC Young Workers' Conference

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C04 Strengthening the Employment Rights Bill

Received from: BFAWU, POA

Comprising Motions 17, 18 and 19 and amendment Continue reading “C04 Strengthening the Employment Rights Bill”

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 48 Fair funding for local authorities

Received from: Unite

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 37 Wages not weapons

Received from: UCU

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 60 Back Britain’s potteries

Received from: GMB

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 61 Securing our steel industry

Received from: Community

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 68 Future-proofing UK maritime skills and training

Received from: Nautilus

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C10 AI and the creative industries

Received from: Equity, MU

Comprising Motions 62, 64, 65 and 67 plus amendment Continue reading “C10 AI and the creative industries”

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C11 AI and the future world of work, including finance sector

Received from: Aegis, Community

Comprising Motions 63 and 66 plus amendment Continue reading “C11 AI and the future world of work, including finance sector”

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C13 Europe matters

Received from: MU, Prospect

Comprising Motion 73 plus amendment and Motion 74 Continue reading “C13 Europe matters”

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 08 Expanding equal pay legislation

Received from: Unite

Posted on 16/08/202509/09/2025

C06 Advancing neurodiversity rights in the workplace and championing inclusive support for neuro-diverse staff

Received from: Aegis, SoR

Comprising Motions 23 and 24 plus amendments Continue reading “C06 Advancing neurodiversity rights in the workplace and championing inclusive support for neuro-diverse staff”

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 25 Paid worktime for nursing parents

Received from: College of Podiatry

Posted on 17/08/202509/09/2025

Motion 07 Supreme Court ruling – active support for trans and non-binary workers

Received from: TUC LGBT+ Conference

Posted on 16/08/202512/09/2025

C14 The crisis in Palestine

Received from: National Education Union

Comprising Motion 71 plus amendments Continue reading “C14 The crisis in Palestine”

Posted on 17/08/202510/09/2025

Motion 75 Year of trade union climate action 2025–2026

Received from: BFAWU

Posted on 17/08/202510/09/2025

Motion 38 Disabled workers oppose welfare reforms

Received from: TUC Disabled Workers Conference

Posted on 17/08/202510/09/2025

Motion 39 Oppose disability benefits cuts emergency

Received from: TUC Trades Union Councils Conference

Posted on 16/08/202510/09/2025

EM1 Defend the right to protest, defend democracy

Received from: UCU

Posted on 16/08/202510/09/2025

EM2 Counter-mobilising to fight the far right

Received from: PCS

Posted on 16/08/202510/09/2025

EM3 Transport for London industrial relations

Received from: RMT

Posted on 16/08/202512/09/2025

EM4 Defend TikTok workers – no to union busting, yes to real jobs

Received from: CWU

Posted on 16/08/202512/09/2025

EM5 Oppose Isaac Herzog’s visit to Britain

Received from: National Education Union

Posted on 16/08/202512/09/2025

EM6 A new threat to all workers: up front charges in employment directories

Received from: Equity

Lost motions
Posted on 17/08/202510/09/2025

Motion 76 Reform of the TUC

Received from: CWU

Previous congress motions

  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024

© Trades Union Congress 2022, unless otherwise stated

Privacy policy | About the site | Contact us