Rules 2002
Rule 25
Scottish Executive Council
(a) There
shall be a Scottish Executive Council (SEC), which, in Scotland,
shall:
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(a)
exercise the powers and discharge the responsibilities
of an industrial council and act for the NEC in implementing
union policy;
(b) promote and supervise negotiations and agreements
with employers, or groups of employers, on wages and
conditions of employment of members and allied matters,
including the promotion of training;
(c) supervise branches in order to promote the interests
of the union and good relations between members;
(d) carry out recruitment and organisational activities;
and
(e) hear appeals under the provisions of Rule 3. |
(b) The SEC
shall have autonomy in determining its own policies and
in making decisions on any matter of concern solely to Scottish
members within the confines of general policy laid down
by a delegate meeting or by the NEC. The SEC shall report
all its decisions to the NEC.
(c) With the
exception of instructing a member to withdraw for his/her
employment, the SEC shall have the power to deal with any
matter directly affecting the Scottish membership with which
the NEC has power to deal unless two or more members of
the SEC request that a matter shall be referred to the NEC.
(d) The NEC
may overrule any decision of the SEC which appears to endanger
the interests of the union as a whole.
(e) The SEC
will be available as a specialist advisory committee to
the NEC and will have the right to make representations
to the NEC. One representative of the council shall have
the right to attend meetings of the NEC and to speak.
(f) The SEC
shall be composed of the following:
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(i) at
least one representatives elected by members in the
following industrial sectors throughout Scotland:
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National
newspapers and agencies;
Provincial newspapers;
Broadcasting;
Black members;
Magazine and Books;
Public Relations and Information;
Freelance. |
(ii) members
in each sector shall be entitled to an additional representative
on the council for each additional 200 members (or substantial
part thereof which in any case shall not be less than
134 members).
(iii) each branch throughout Scotland shall have the
right to elect a representative to the council.
(iv) the Scottish organiser and all NEC members representing
members in Scotland shall be non-voting members of the
council, save that they shall have the right to move
and second motions and may refer any matter to the NEC
under clause (c) of this rule. |
(g) Voting
members of the SEC shall be elected annually by the members
in a ballot conducted by the single transferable vote.
(h) Members
of the SEC shall have the right to attend and speak at any
branch or chapel meeting in their own electoral area; members
shall report on all SEC meetings to their own branch and
shall report union activities in their own electoral area
to the SEC.
(j) The SEC
will elect one representative each to the Freelance Industrial
Council, the Broadcasting Industrial Council and the Equality
Council.
(k) The NEC
shall allocate such sums of money as may be necessary to
meet the running costs of the SEC and to pay for the educational,
promotional and recruitment work in Scotland. Members of
the SEC shall be paid reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
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