UCATT reviews priorities

by John d'Arcy



Improved democratic procedures and closer links with the priorities of the union's membership are named as the key aims of the sixth UCATT rules revision conference which is being held this week.

George Brumwell, general secretary of UCATT, commented: "We think we know what the members' current priorities are. They are job security and pay - in that order.

"But the principal concerns of workers are going to be different in a few years time. We want to fine tune the system so that our feedback reflects the views of the vast silent majority of members."

He added: "We recently held a very successful seminar for full-time officials to map out our future. But we want to reach the widest possible number of our members, possibly through random sample surveys. We want to find out their views on such issues as the Egan report, pensions, and health care."

The general secretary said that further streamlining and modernisation were also fundamental objectives of the rules update.