26/09/2016 - Live Afternoon Session

:00:57. > :01:33.Ladies and gentlemen, pleasd welcome Joanna Baxter.

:01:34. > :01:45.Good afternoon. Afternoon. H like the response! So, we're now going to

:01:46. > :01:52.continue with the economic debate that was started this morning. We're

:01:53. > :01:56.going to start by taking telporary composite five about defendhng our

:01:57. > :02:03.public services, which is to be moved by Unison. Could be FB you be

:02:04. > :02:17.ready to second? APPLAUSE

:02:18. > :02:23.Dave Prentice, Unison, moving composite five on our public

:02:24. > :02:26.services. I want to start at the very beginning by congratul`ting

:02:27. > :02:27.Jeremy on his election as L`bour leader.

:02:28. > :02:39.APPLAUSE Our union has back to Jeremx over

:02:40. > :02:44.the past two years because time and again he has been on the right side

:02:45. > :02:49.of the issues that matter to our members, fighting austerity,

:02:50. > :02:56.opposing a pay freeze, investing in a fair economy. I am proud to be

:02:57. > :03:00.here representing 1.3 million Unison members. Proud public service

:03:01. > :03:07.workers who do so much for so little. And they will tell xou

:03:08. > :03:14.straight, anyone in our deldgation will tell you straight that the best

:03:15. > :03:18.public services are those that are delivered by them, direct to our

:03:19. > :03:24.communities. They will tell you straight... They will tell xou

:03:25. > :03:31.straight that privatisation has been an unmitigated disaster, for the

:03:32. > :03:37.service user, our members, `nd the taxpayer. Yet, despite all of that

:03:38. > :03:45.evidence, the past five years has seen a doubling of outsourchng. It

:03:46. > :03:50.now stands at an incredible ?12 billion worth of assets, given over

:03:51. > :03:57.to the private sector. Under this Tory government, it will dotble

:03:58. > :04:03.again to ?250 billion. The size of the state, as we move forward, our

:04:04. > :04:08.welfare state, will shrink to levels not seen since the 1930s.

:04:09. > :04:15.Undermining the welfare state and every part of our public sector

:04:16. > :04:22.Conference, everything we stand for is at stake. Everything we have

:04:23. > :04:27.fought for is teetering on the edge. That's why we need a Labour Party

:04:28. > :04:30.committed to a programme of stopping and reversing the failed experiment

:04:31. > :04:38.of privatisation. APPLAUSE

:04:39. > :04:49.No more, no more whatsoever of the weasel words of new Labour

:04:50. > :04:54.manifestos. Something that latters as much to firefighters as nurses.

:04:55. > :04:59.Police staff, as much of it matters to train drivers. Teaching

:05:00. > :05:04.assistants, as much of it m`tters to postal workers. The only wax we can

:05:05. > :05:09.do that, the only way we can achieve anything is if we win the ndxt

:05:10. > :05:19.election and we defeat the Tories. The national health service, the

:05:20. > :05:24.minimum wage, equal rights for women, our education system. They

:05:25. > :05:30.were not achieved by shouting loudly, they were achieved by us

:05:31. > :05:35.winning elections. That is vital, absolutely vital, if we are going to

:05:36. > :05:41.get publicly owned public sdrvices. The best public services for our

:05:42. > :05:49.people. Conference, in many ways, the last year has been a wasted

:05:50. > :05:56.year, and we cannot afford `nother. If we are back here next ye`r,

:05:57. > :06:01.talking to ourselves about ourselves, obsessing about rule

:06:02. > :06:04.changes, internal rows, then we will fail the British people.

:06:05. > :06:17.APPLAUSE Lets be proud of our bold policies

:06:18. > :06:21.where debating. Stop talking of these selections and division. Let's

:06:22. > :06:26.tell the country of our plans to change and stop sitting in rules,

:06:27. > :06:32.briefing against each other. The next election is not lost btt we

:06:33. > :06:37.have a mountain to climb. No more wasted years, no more wasted

:06:38. > :06:42.conferences. It is time to get out there, winning over people hn

:06:43. > :06:46.Stevenage, Lincoln, and my own constituency of Enfield Southgate,

:06:47. > :06:53.winning trust and votes. Th`t is how we change the country for the

:06:54. > :06:56.better. It is only by putting our party back together can we `chieve

:06:57. > :07:01.an end to privatisation. It is only by bringing our party back together

:07:02. > :07:07.we can build better public services for all. Only by bringing otr party

:07:08. > :07:12.back together can we ensure decent pay for our public service

:07:13. > :07:18.champions. Conference, the Labour Party, our Labour Party, is the

:07:19. > :07:24.greatest force for social jtstice, equality, prosperity, our country

:07:25. > :07:30.has ever known. To turn force into reality, we must be a party of

:07:31. > :07:35.government. That is why our movement was founded by the Labour P`rty to

:07:36. > :07:41.win power for working peopld, to change our country there can be no

:07:42. > :07:47.greater task. Let's do it together. Let stand together. Let's come

:07:48. > :07:51.together. Let's unite and, hn unison, let's take power back to our

:07:52. > :07:53.people at the next general dlection. I move.

:07:54. > :08:16.APPLAUSE Thank you. I'm from the fird

:08:17. > :08:25.Brigades union. You may havd noticed we have been absent for a fdw years.

:08:26. > :08:30.Well, we are back. Again, vdry proud to have supported the Leader of the

:08:31. > :08:35.Labour Party last year and hn the campaign over the summer. I am proud

:08:36. > :08:41.to be affiliating to the Labour Party, to fight for policies,

:08:42. > :08:48.reflecting the demands for workers' rights, investment in public

:08:49. > :08:53.services, and the rest of it. This is an important composite for us and

:08:54. > :08:58.for others as Dave has outlhned working and relying on publhc

:08:59. > :09:01.services. In my own servers, the Fire and Rescue Service, we are

:09:02. > :09:06.really at a turning point. H ask you to bring about some work our people

:09:07. > :09:11.do, some of the recent incidents. The London helicopter crash, the

:09:12. > :09:18.sure air disaster, the power station collapse. The floods affecthng local

:09:19. > :09:22.communities. Civil disturbances of 2011. Firefighters carry out 40 000

:09:23. > :09:29.rescues last year. That is lore than 100 a day. Since 2010, more than one

:09:30. > :09:35.third of our central funding has been slashed and that was identified

:09:36. > :09:40.by the National Audit Officd just last year. In 2010, there wdre

:09:41. > :09:45.60,000 operational firefighters across the UK. Today, that figure,

:09:46. > :09:52.is 50,000. 10,000 jobs destroyed as a result of austerity poliches. Yet,

:09:53. > :09:57.the cuts keep on coming and keep on coming. The way they deliver the

:09:58. > :10:02.cuts is by closing fire stations, getting rid of fire engines, and

:10:03. > :10:07.getting rid of jobs. Bizarrdly, that means when you dial 999 tod`y, it

:10:08. > :10:12.takes us longer to get to emergencies than it did 20 xears

:10:13. > :10:18.ago. In our view, that is a disgrace. And yet we face a further

:10:19. > :10:26.20% cut in central funding, according to the settlement signed

:10:27. > :10:29.off at Westminster earlier this year. I want to put on record that

:10:30. > :10:32.the Fire Brigades union will never sit back meekly and accept those

:10:33. > :10:38.cuts. We will fight them at every level, local league -- locally and

:10:39. > :10:42.nationally and we urge him to support us. We've faced othdr

:10:43. > :10:46.threats. The policing and Crime Bill has been through the House of

:10:47. > :10:51.Commons and now sits in the House of Lords. We believe allowing police

:10:52. > :10:56.and crime commission is to take over the governance of Fire And Rescue

:10:57. > :11:00.Services are fundamentally flawed. Let's be clear, a century ago there

:11:01. > :11:05.were police and Fire Servicds. They offered a rape or service, `nd they

:11:06. > :11:11.were scrapped during the Second World War. Nobody suggested a return

:11:12. > :11:16.to them. Firefighting is an Independent, humanitarian sdrvice.

:11:17. > :11:21.Firefighters rescue people `nd keep our community safe. Firefighters

:11:22. > :11:26.have unprecedented access into people's home is, precisely because

:11:27. > :11:32.we are not other agencies and it is an important part of the work we do.

:11:33. > :11:36.We are fearful this move to close collaboration and the takeover of

:11:37. > :11:42.hours service by police and crime Commissioners will undermind that

:11:43. > :11:47.Independent, humanitarian role. It is a matter about which we `re

:11:48. > :11:51.greatly concerned. It is also a cost-cutting exercise. We fdar that

:11:52. > :11:58.PCC 's will be used to buy the run down the Fire Service to fund police

:11:59. > :12:04.forces. We are opposing this bill. In closing, I want to ask everyone

:12:05. > :12:07.of you to stand up with us to defend the Fire and Rescue Service,

:12:08. > :12:11.alongside our other campaigns on health, education and so on. The

:12:12. > :12:16.Fire Service is a precious resource and we cannot allow it to bd

:12:17. > :12:22.wrecked. It is part of the other debates we are having this week

:12:23. > :12:26.about setting out a real, r`dical talented for working people that

:12:27. > :12:29.stands up for workers' rights, public service, investment hn no

:12:30. > :12:36.services, and for shifting politics in favours that is another favour of

:12:37. > :12:45.ordinary people. We are protd to be here supporting. -- politics in

:12:46. > :12:54.favour of ordinary people. Thank you both. We will now take the temporary

:12:55. > :13:21.composite six to be moved bx Aslef. Could you be ready to second?

:13:22. > :13:31.Thank you, chair. Tosh McDonald of Aslef, the little trade union that

:13:32. > :13:39.represents 97% of the UK's train drivers. And proud. What I want to

:13:40. > :13:43.say before I move onto this item, we know, as train drivers, when things

:13:44. > :13:49.go wrong in our industry, when we see things like what has happened at

:13:50. > :13:55.Clapham Junction, what happdned at Potters bar, it is the Fire Service

:13:56. > :13:59.and the other publicly funddd emergency services that comd to the

:14:00. > :14:02.aid of our members and the passengers, and we will stand

:14:03. > :14:09.shoulder to shoulder with the Fire Brigade union as they are bding

:14:10. > :14:14.attacked by -based evil govdrnment. I am proud to move this contemporary

:14:15. > :14:19.motion, not only on behalf of Aslef but also on behalf of Doncaster

:14:20. > :14:27.Central CLP, my own constittency Labour Party. Action for Sale in

:14:28. > :14:34.August published a report that the public money, public money taken in

:14:35. > :14:43.dividends to the private rahl operators increased in the last year

:14:44. > :14:47.by 21%. That amounts to ?222 million of taxpayers money paid out in the

:14:48. > :14:51.last year in dividends to the privateers. We are so pleasdd, not

:14:52. > :14:55.only that we have a leadership that will take that back into public

:14:56. > :15:05.ownership, to work for us, we're also pleased that that monex will

:15:06. > :15:10.now come into investment, into the infrastructure. Our colleagtes for

:15:11. > :15:13.other unions will work and build better infrastructure for otr

:15:14. > :15:18.trains. We are so pleased that instead of that money going out and

:15:19. > :15:23.then going up, and staff nulbers being cut, that money can now pay

:15:24. > :15:30.for investment to keep fares are low and to keep staff on trains and

:15:31. > :15:37.bring more staff onto the platform is to help the public when they need

:15:38. > :15:43.assistance in our rail industry Back in public ownership, wd want to

:15:44. > :15:46.work with our comrades who drive buses in an integrated publhc

:15:47. > :15:49.transport system, where we have worked together, we meet up with

:15:50. > :15:52.each other place where therd is not the rail line and our colle`gues

:15:53. > :15:58.will drive the buses, take them on in public ownership. Municipal,

:15:59. > :16:02.publicly owned and controlldd bus services, therefore when people need

:16:03. > :16:06.them and not where the most profit can be got.

:16:07. > :16:17.Now we are seeing driver only operation. It has been around a long

:16:18. > :16:21.time, since the 80s. Mistakds were made introducing it then and we

:16:22. > :16:26.don't have to keep making the same mistakes over and over again. We

:16:27. > :16:37.have our disputes on Southern Railways. -- Southern Failw`ys. But

:16:38. > :16:44.we mustn't just blame these private companies. The DFT are behind it.

:16:45. > :16:51.Southern Railways is not thd franchise, it is managing it for the

:16:52. > :16:54.DFT and it is implementing the cuts that the DFT want to implemdnt and

:16:55. > :16:56.when we are in power the Department for Transport should be abott

:16:57. > :17:05.building and creating, not `bout cutting. When we see invitations to

:17:06. > :17:12.tender being put out for thdse franchises, on Northern Rail, it is

:17:13. > :17:15.the DFT is the 50% of the route miles an Northern Rail must be

:17:16. > :17:20.driver only operation. But now one of the biggest franchises in the

:17:21. > :17:29.country there is no driver only operation. It goes against the

:17:30. > :17:33.collective bargaining agreelents we have made other generations. The DFT

:17:34. > :17:40.undermining it, to bring it into more profit for their friends. We'll

:17:41. > :17:45.say this, we have some great labour councils, local authorities,

:17:46. > :17:51.passenger transport executive 's. We see it in Merseyrail, the great

:17:52. > :17:57.Labour authority, Merseyrail with investment coming for new trains.

:17:58. > :18:02.Please letters altogether m`ke sure that the there is a place on them

:18:03. > :18:07.trains for guards, safety critical staff, to look after the passengers

:18:08. > :18:14.who are travelling. When we talk about Northern Rail, and all the

:18:15. > :18:20.Labour-controlled councils hn the north, when the DFT is saying they

:18:21. > :18:29.have to be driver only drains. We want safety critical staff `nd those

:18:30. > :18:36.trains, getting from the pl`tform to the train. And let's stop this

:18:37. > :18:41.nonsense. Where train operating companies can say to a disabled

:18:42. > :18:44.person who wants to travel somewhere where there is not staffed. It is

:18:45. > :18:49.all right as long as long as you tell us beforehand, we will get you

:18:50. > :18:56.off at the nearest staff st`tion. They should be our team members

:18:57. > :18:59.working on those platforms, they should be TSSA in the booking

:19:00. > :19:03.offices and union members throughout the industry providing a proper

:19:04. > :19:11.service, not a cheap cut-prhce service. One thing I will tdll you,

:19:12. > :19:15.public ownership of the railways not-for-profit agreed is ond of the

:19:16. > :19:19.biggest vote winners you will find and ask Tory constituents in

:19:20. > :19:23.Southern rail whether they would like to see it back in publhc

:19:24. > :19:28.ownership, where we are providing a service, not providing the trauma

:19:29. > :19:30.for them trying to get to work, college or wherever they nedd to be.

:19:31. > :19:58.Support the motion. APPLAUSD Conference, Lewisham West and Penge,

:19:59. > :20:05.wondering how you follow a worker legends like Tosh. I'm not ` railway

:20:06. > :20:11.worker or even the daughter of a railway worker. My dad workdd in the

:20:12. > :20:15.north London furniture tradd and my mum worked in the rag trade so I do

:20:16. > :20:23.know about the decimation of industry. I am a railway passenger.

:20:24. > :20:29.I know that service and safdty are what the Railways should be about.

:20:30. > :20:35.It is a vital resource. And it should be respected industrx and its

:20:36. > :20:39.workers should be respected also. And we need to reclaim its

:20:40. > :20:43.ownership. We need to develop it and we need to improve it and wd need to

:20:44. > :20:50.support its attendant industries. Customers want to be sold thckets by

:20:51. > :20:56.thinking human being who can discuss options, consider the best ticket

:20:57. > :21:00.and sort you out a ticket from boundary zone six, if you'rd coming

:21:01. > :21:04.out of London and you have ` pass lightly, you need a human bding And

:21:05. > :21:08.especially you need a human being if like my daughter you have a learning

:21:09. > :21:13.disability, I had to tell hdr not to buy the ticket from the ticket

:21:14. > :21:18.machine because it befuddled and distressed, and it never solve best

:21:19. > :21:22.price. It really sold her a ticket at the same price she bought it last

:21:23. > :21:26.week. It was a complete and utter disaster. That is how it is for

:21:27. > :21:30.people who are a bit more vulnerable, you need a human being.

:21:31. > :21:36.And how often have I been unable to get the best priced ticket on a

:21:37. > :21:41.Saturday afternoon because the ticket is shut. Then when I get to

:21:42. > :21:44.the platform train has just left and I have 29 minutes to wait for the

:21:45. > :21:49.next one because the franchhse that we have God only offers a h`lf-hour

:21:50. > :21:56.service and on that line in London that is one of the worst services

:21:57. > :22:03.provided on local trains in London. And I believe we are all safer if

:22:04. > :22:08.there is the second properlx trained person on our trains. Who c`n help

:22:09. > :22:14.us if things go a bit wrong and then came back to vulnerable people.

:22:15. > :22:20.Sometimes things do go wrong and you only need one Hobby Lobby two from a

:22:21. > :22:24.rail industry to know that sometimes things can go very wrong on the

:22:25. > :22:28.trains. I've met a young man who's had an accident falling between a

:22:29. > :22:33.train and a platform, he's lost both his legs, and we are talking about

:22:34. > :22:37.making platforms so there is no one looking down the train, no one

:22:38. > :22:43.spotting if someone is having that sort of accident. If only one life

:22:44. > :22:48.is lost or one life is perm`nently changed by that sort of acchdent

:22:49. > :22:58.then we are paying a price luch too high for these economies. Now I have

:22:59. > :23:02.waited a long time for the Labour leadership that believes in the

:23:03. > :23:07.railway and believes in public ownership of the railway. Wd want to

:23:08. > :23:10.move away from polluting personal transport to affordable public

:23:11. > :23:14.transport. Whatever happened to workers tickets that people used to

:23:15. > :23:22.go to get there early in thd morning? Why should young pdople who

:23:23. > :23:27.are on some sort of minimal minimum wage have to work for hours just to

:23:28. > :23:32.pay for the ticket that gets them to work? This is a disgrace. This needs

:23:33. > :23:38.to be a public service. And indeed we need to keep the service in all

:23:39. > :23:43.our service industries. We need to returner Railways to the benefit of

:23:44. > :23:47.its users. We need to develop and improve it and its attendant

:23:48. > :23:53.industries, including train building. How much heavy industry do

:23:54. > :24:00.we still have in this country? We can build trains, we can do that

:24:01. > :24:04.well. Mutch could you wind tp now? And we need to provide a trtly

:24:05. > :24:18.integrated public transport system. Chair, conference, I second.

:24:19. > :24:25.Thank you so much to everybody for those contributions. Can I see all

:24:26. > :24:31.those who wish to speak in the debate. I will start over hdre.

:24:32. > :24:47.Someone waving a red book at the back. A lady with a white coat. And

:24:48. > :25:28.a pamphlet. And the gentlem`n just there with the dark jacket.

:25:29. > :25:37.Conference... Bottle of watdr handy. I want to talk about two pohnts I

:25:38. > :25:46.might take longer than thred minutes, but I've only got three

:25:47. > :25:55.minutes. So can I tell you `bout once upon a time, there was a great

:25:56. > :26:02.British postal system. Post`l workers proud to serve our nation.

:26:03. > :26:10.From lands end to John O'Groats from Belfast to Bangor. One Stam,

:26:11. > :26:21.one price, and a post officd in every community -- stamp. Proud to

:26:22. > :26:25.serve our nation. Sadly tod`y would remains of a public service is

:26:26. > :26:32.closure. They are closing offices, they are stealing our pensions, with

:26:33. > :26:43.a management not willing to listen or invest. That management hs the

:26:44. > :26:53.Tory government, sadly they are the ones that are coming with ldss

:26:54. > :27:01.investment. The management running Scotland, the management of SNP one

:27:02. > :27:09.policy, independence. We have had ten years of independence in

:27:10. > :27:20.Scotland. We had a referendtm two years ago, the Scottish people voted

:27:21. > :27:26.to remain, 55% to remain in the UK. 55%, clear, to remain, this

:27:27. > :27:35.once-in-a-lifetime vote. Wh`t happened after Brexit? Scottish

:27:36. > :27:45.Labour paid the price. SNP sends down 56 Lions, Lions, to represent

:27:46. > :27:52.my nation, my country. Sadlx the lion has fell asleep at the wheel.

:27:53. > :28:02.Since Brexit, we now have a confused SNP, who still want independence

:28:03. > :28:08.from the UK but yet we want European governors. Conference, I didn't want

:28:09. > :28:14.Brexit, you didn't want Brexit, but you have to accept the result and

:28:15. > :28:24.now go forward with that result And I call upon the SNP, stop t`king the

:28:25. > :28:30.last ten years, except the result of the independence vote. Let's get

:28:31. > :28:34.back to business in Scotland. Let's get back to a Scottish parlhament

:28:35. > :28:39.having the powers, the powers to deal with housing, education, give

:28:40. > :28:46.local government the money `nd the hospitals need the money is well and

:28:47. > :28:58.get your hands off the hosphtals. Last week Labour returned,

:28:59. > :29:03.Scotland's convector labour and we welcome gotten back to Labotr. -

:29:04. > :29:07.Scotland is coming back to Labour and we welcome Scotland back to

:29:08. > :29:15.Labour. Finally, my second point, this will be quick... But jtst as

:29:16. > :29:22.important. This Labour Partx, you and I, all under this one roof,

:29:23. > :29:29.remember why you joined the Labour Party. Remember what labour stands

:29:30. > :29:34.for. Work, that is what Labour Party about. If you have one on the left

:29:35. > :29:39.and one on the right and we come together we are stronger, that is

:29:40. > :30:00.the Labour Party we want. Stpport the motion, thank you, confdrence.

:30:01. > :30:09.Gloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield. Conference, today I want to talk to

:30:10. > :30:15.you about the injustice of the Mineworkers pension scheme `nd I

:30:16. > :30:16.want us to send a strong message from this conference that wd won't

:30:17. > :30:27.tolerate it any longer. I stand before you as the fhrst MP

:30:28. > :30:31.for Ashfield to serve with no men working underground. We, as a

:30:32. > :30:35.community, are proud of our heritage and are proud that minors from

:30:36. > :30:45.communities like Ashfield hdlped to power Britain for generations. The

:30:46. > :30:51.miners deserve our thanks and their widows deserve a fair pension.

:30:52. > :30:57.Conference, it's a scandal that the Government takes 50% of any surplus

:30:58. > :31:01.from the mine workers pensions in order to guarantee it. All we ask is

:31:02. > :31:07.the Government to negotiate for a fair share of the risk betwden the

:31:08. > :31:12.miners and the tax payer. It is not much to ask. Today, let's sdnd a

:31:13. > :31:17.message from this conferencd to the miners and their families. Xou need

:31:18. > :31:23.us standing with you in this battle for a fair pension. We will be here.

:31:24. > :31:29.You deserve justice. We won't rest till you get it. You have fought for

:31:30. > :31:56.our movement, now our movemdnt will fight you. Thank you, conference.

:31:57. > :32:06.A proud Port Talbot steel worker for 33 years. Thank you. Speaking on the

:32:07. > :32:14.industrial strategy composite, when they met here a year ago, there was

:32:15. > :32:18.devastating news of closures. We called on the Government to

:32:19. > :32:22.intervene. They fail to act did nothing. The light of the blast

:32:23. > :32:28.furnace went out and thousands lost their jobs and a whole commtnity was

:32:29. > :32:33.devastated. It was nothing short of an act of industrial vandalhsm.

:32:34. > :32:39.Conference, we must never allow this to happen again. Now, no ond is in

:32:40. > :32:44.doubt about the to Port Talbot. Conference, the steel industry is

:32:45. > :32:52.bigger than one site. I am proud to be joined today by steelworkers from

:32:53. > :32:57.some of the others deal sitds in the UK, Corby, Teesside, Scunthorpe and

:32:58. > :33:00.Scotland. The past years we have stood together and fought for our

:33:01. > :33:03.industry. I ask you to pay tribute to them who are with us tod`y. Thank

:33:04. > :33:09.you. APPLAUSE

:33:10. > :33:14.Our fight is when we cannot afford to lose. Losing our steelworks

:33:15. > :33:18.import told will destroy thd community. It is not just the loss

:33:19. > :33:22.of jobs, it is a loss of our identity and sense of purpose.

:33:23. > :33:26.Steelworkers have been the guardians of our industry for generathons Our

:33:27. > :33:31.campaign did not start with a threat to read Kirk, we have been calling

:33:32. > :33:36.for action for years on energy costs, procurement and steel

:33:37. > :33:40.dumping. Conference, I would like to pay tribute to those who have been

:33:41. > :33:44.by our side throughout, espdcially the MPs. Not just grabbing headlines

:33:45. > :33:47.and doing the hard work in Westminster, asking questions and

:33:48. > :33:50.calling for debates and holding government and this is to account.

:33:51. > :33:56.Joining steelworkers calls to save our steel. It has not been dasy

:33:57. > :34:00.getting the Government to act. They may have started to listen. I only

:34:01. > :34:05.wish they started listening a while ago and could save the plants that

:34:06. > :34:09.have gone. That is the pricd of being in opposition. It leaves the

:34:10. > :34:15.powerless to intervene. It leans we see things like the devastation of

:34:16. > :34:20.Redcar, thousands of people losing their jobs, while the Tories are

:34:21. > :34:25.wringing their hands. That hs why we need to work together. For our

:34:26. > :34:29.economy, to work for an indtstrial strategy, to work to win thd trust

:34:30. > :34:33.of all our voters, and to s`ve our steel. Thank you.

:34:34. > :34:51.Three more speakers. A lady waving a duck at the back. That is a good

:34:52. > :35:44.prop. A gentleman waving a red bag. A lady with a yellow scarf.

:35:45. > :35:59.Afternoon, conference. I wotld like to take this opportunity to pay

:36:00. > :36:04.tribute to our former Labour MP who sadly lost his seat in last year's

:36:05. > :36:11.in an election. I am followhng on on some of the issues that John

:36:12. > :36:17.McDonnell raised this morning about the economy. Conference, wh`t is the

:36:18. > :36:22.purpose of an economy and economic growth? Economic growth is `bout who

:36:23. > :36:30.gets what. Economic growth should be about who gets a reward. Under the

:36:31. > :36:35.Tories, and let's be honest, the Lib Dem also in government, the aim was

:36:36. > :36:41.to ensure the economy benefhted the few. Under Labour, the economy

:36:42. > :36:47.should exist to benefit the many, as John McDonnell said this morning in

:36:48. > :36:57.his switch in emphasis to a more interventionist economy. For those

:36:58. > :37:02.benefits, did the Tories and the Lib Dems in 2010, for whose bendfit did

:37:03. > :37:12.they run the economy? Georgd Osborne and his Lib Dem henchmen at the

:37:13. > :37:18.Treasury, Danny Alexander dhd their best to make the majority worse off

:37:19. > :37:22.and the few better off. How did they do this? Under the pretence of

:37:23. > :37:28.cutting the deficit, they attacked the living standards of manx people.

:37:29. > :37:32.They attacked the public services. They called this austerity.

:37:33. > :37:39.Posterity appears to be for the many, the poor. Cutting public

:37:40. > :37:47.services and not for the few. They cut real income to public sdctor

:37:48. > :37:54.workers, they cut benefits to the disabled, they cut benefits to

:37:55. > :37:58.ordinary families, child benefit. We are seeing a hike in student debt. I

:37:59. > :38:03.can go on but I only have a few minutes. The Labour Party, `s John

:38:04. > :38:08.McDonnell quite rightly said this morning, is the only party that can

:38:09. > :38:14.work in the interests of us. Working the interests of the majority,

:38:15. > :38:18.indeed drew his interventionist economic approach. We are the only

:38:19. > :38:22.party that can reverse the damage done to ordinary people's lhes by

:38:23. > :38:28.the Tories and the Lib Dems. When I heard last week the Liberal leader

:38:29. > :38:32.of the Liberal Democrats conference last week appealing to Labotr voters

:38:33. > :38:37.to vote for them, as they are the only ones who could oppose the

:38:38. > :38:44.Tories, I was shadowed with disbelief at the hypocrisy. --

:38:45. > :38:47.shuddered. For five years, the Lib Dems were willing partners to the

:38:48. > :38:58.Tories in attacking the livhng standards of our people. Let us say

:38:59. > :39:06.to the Lib Dem voters, join us in opposing the Tories. It is the

:39:07. > :39:11.Tories and the Lib Dems who exist to benefit and ensure the economy

:39:12. > :39:14.benefits the few. It is us, as John McDonnell quite rightly said this

:39:15. > :39:25.morning, through the intervdntionist approach, who will ensure a benefit

:39:26. > :39:26.in the economy will benefit the majority. Thank you, conferdnce

:39:27. > :39:52.APPLAUSE Comrades, Jason Turvey, transport

:39:53. > :39:58.salaried staff Association `nd first-time delegate, supporting

:39:59. > :40:02.composite six. Conference, H am very pleased to speak in support of this

:40:03. > :40:06.composite. Over the last 20 or so years, privatisation has crdated an

:40:07. > :40:12.expensive, fragmented and inefficient railway network. It has

:40:13. > :40:15.long since stopped looking to serve the public instead becoming a cash

:40:16. > :40:20.cow for fat cat privateers. The robber is not run for the bdnefit of

:40:21. > :40:25.the users but the benefit of shareholders. -- the railwax. Rail

:40:26. > :40:34.users have become collateral damage in disputes. We are seeing this on

:40:35. > :40:38.Southern, the franchise takhng state-sponsored attack on its staff.

:40:39. > :40:46.Thousands have suffered for months at the hands of the franchise

:40:47. > :40:50.holder. Trains were cancelldd. They have seen timetables rewritten,

:40:51. > :40:53.amended and then trains cancelled again. They have left for work

:40:54. > :40:57.having no idea when they will get there and less idea about what time

:40:58. > :41:01.they will get home. We have seen 300 trains cancelled from the ptblished

:41:02. > :41:05.timetable and the excuse Sotthern use was high levels of staff

:41:06. > :41:09.sickness. It must be a pretty shoddy employer if you are so setthng your

:41:10. > :41:21.staff will go sick that you can timetable for it. Frankly, Southern

:41:22. > :41:32.is the Sports Direct of railway operators. We have seen Southern

:41:33. > :41:36.make millions in profits and take millions of pounds in funds from the

:41:37. > :41:42.gunmen to continue their attacks on staff. On safety and on service --

:41:43. > :41:46.from the Government. When p`ssengers on Southern thought it could not get

:41:47. > :41:49.any worse, they have been told they no longer have the right to purchase

:41:50. > :41:56.a ticket to travel from ticket office and will have to wait for

:41:57. > :42:00.their train, if it turns up all on and understaffed or underst`ffed

:42:01. > :42:05.station. We support the provision of a guard on every train, the halting

:42:06. > :42:09.of the proliferation of driver only operated trains, and we support the

:42:10. > :42:13.right of every passenger on our realm network to buy a tickdt from a

:42:14. > :42:20.ticket office from a trains, committed and helpful member of

:42:21. > :42:26.staff. Conference, I support. - from a trained, committed and

:42:27. > :42:29.helpful member of staff. Just before the next speaker starts, can I see

:42:30. > :42:36.if there are other people who would like to speak in the debate? OK We

:42:37. > :42:46.have a gentleman there, a l`dy over there, with the blacktop. And there

:42:47. > :42:57.is a lady just at the bottol in a patterned dress and dark cardigan.

:42:58. > :43:01.You, yes! Hello, conference. First-time delegate. I'm so thrilled

:43:02. > :43:09.about the fracking, I cannot tell you. Thank you so much. I al so

:43:10. > :43:16.thrilled. Want to take a le`f out of the book of Jeremy Corbyn PLQs, this

:43:17. > :43:24.is from my 20-year-old son, Freddie. He has asked when will lead a bust

:43:25. > :43:28.the myth that we wreck the dconomy? -- when will Labour bust thd myth.

:43:29. > :43:33.This is still we're hearing on the doorstep as the Tories have made a

:43:34. > :43:37.good job of embedding this false rhetoric. We need a sustaindd

:43:38. > :43:41.campaign to bust the myth on the front foot and not just addressing

:43:42. > :43:45.the subject in defence. We need to put out a clear statement of fact in

:43:46. > :43:50.leaflets and on social medi` exactly how the economic crash happdned We

:43:51. > :43:55.need to highlight that the banking crisis was the mixing of sub-prime

:43:56. > :44:00.mortgages in the general mortgage market commentating in unsustainable

:44:01. > :44:05.debt. This was initiated by the deregulation of the banks and so

:44:06. > :44:08.heralded casino banking, or instigated under Margaret Thatcher's

:44:09. > :44:12.Tory government. We need an effective flow chart of fax in a

:44:13. > :44:19.sustained campaign which highlights the fact that since George Osborne,

:44:20. > :44:23.Cameron and the rest of the Bullingdon Club took office, and

:44:24. > :44:28.despite austerity, the debt has more than doubled. And so it continues

:44:29. > :44:32.under this current Labour Administration. Osborne borrowed

:44:33. > :44:33.more in five years than Labour did in 13. Let's get that message out

:44:34. > :45:01.there loud and clear. Thank you Afternoon, conference. I am the

:45:02. > :45:02.mother of twins with another on the way and first-time delegate.

:45:03. > :45:16.APPLAUSE I represent a suburb of Redcar NT

:45:17. > :45:22.side, which includes a largd tub of former employees of the SSI

:45:23. > :45:26.steelworks. -- and Teesside. We were hit by the demise of the SSH

:45:27. > :45:31.steelworks which followed Tory government determination not to stop

:45:32. > :45:35.in providing and rescuing otr package and steel-making in the

:45:36. > :45:41.north-east. We are a small community, around 6000 people. Iron

:45:42. > :45:50.and steel making is in their hearts and blood. The closure of the plant

:45:51. > :45:54.12 months ago was a massive blow. It affected my community, my town, my

:45:55. > :45:59.friends. Working was not just part of a job or part of the indtstry, it

:46:00. > :46:04.was a way of life. So many people have had their way of life taken

:46:05. > :46:08.away from them. I have only been a Labour councillor since May 20 5th,

:46:09. > :46:15.so the news that steelworks and blast furnace was set to close her

:46:16. > :46:17.ever was a baptism of fire. With Christmas fast approaching, and

:46:18. > :46:22.knowing that families would struggle, I'd talked to my fellow

:46:23. > :46:23.Redcar Labour councillors. That is when the Teesside steel appdal was

:46:24. > :46:34.born. The appeal gathered momentul

:46:35. > :46:39.quickly. Sufficient were thd donations that the appeal w`s able

:46:40. > :46:44.to offer support to over 300 families in their time of nded.

:46:45. > :46:49.Trade unions were massive and magnificent supporters of the fund,

:46:50. > :46:54.as were local community grotps, churches, businesses and

:46:55. > :46:57.individuals. One local schoolboy, nine years old, then Everton, was so

:46:58. > :47:07.moved by the closure that whth the support of his parents and friends

:47:08. > :47:09.the organised a fantastic Christmas party -- Ben Ebdon. With gifts for

:47:10. > :47:14.the families who had lost their jobs. One year on and the steel

:47:15. > :47:21.appeal committee is working with Redcar MP and a fairly. We `re

:47:22. > :47:24.working -- Anna Thurley. Working to try and use the residue of the funds

:47:25. > :47:30.from the fields make sure there is a lasting support legacy. To those who

:47:31. > :47:35.continue to be affected by the steelworks closure. We in Rddcar

:47:36. > :47:39.sort your support for our c`mpaign a year ago today and I am thanking you

:47:40. > :47:48.today on the half of everybody to everybody who helped, thank you

:47:49. > :47:53.Dormanstown was built in 1907. Specifically to house the elployees

:47:54. > :47:59.of the iron and steel works. Later part of the nationalised Brhtish

:48:00. > :48:03.steel. Everyday we see this steelworks, once bustling and noisy,

:48:04. > :48:11.dirty, even, but now it stands silent. The blast furnace the lonely

:48:12. > :48:15.and broken iron frame slowlx crumbling on the mouth of the River

:48:16. > :48:21.Tees. Although we lost our steelworks... Sorry. We havd not

:48:22. > :48:33.lost our hearts. We have not lost our hope. APPLAUSE

:48:34. > :48:38.So I ask conference, save otr steel, don't let the Tories do to steal

:48:39. > :48:46.what they did to the shipbuhlding in the 1990s. Thank you, conference.

:48:47. > :49:17.Comments, member of Scottish parliament for the Lothian region. I

:49:18. > :49:21.didn't expected to speak it as from Trinidad I had to commit thdm with

:49:22. > :49:25.some words of caution for mx friends here in England and across the UK. A

:49:26. > :49:30.friendly warning to my brothers and sisters. Some people have bden

:49:31. > :49:34.seduced into believing that the Scottish National party are a party

:49:35. > :49:39.of the left. APPLAUSE And a party that is progressive and

:49:40. > :49:48.a party that we should be doing deals with. Let me tell you like it

:49:49. > :49:54.is. A few home truths. Why would the Labour Party ever contemplate the

:49:55. > :49:58.deal with a party that takes a % cut in Scotland's block grant and

:49:59. > :50:04.turns it into an 11% cut for Scotland's councils. Why wotld we do

:50:05. > :50:11.a deal with the party that has cut 130,000 college places for our young

:50:12. > :50:17.people? Why would we do a ddal with the fire setters privatised ferries,

:50:18. > :50:21.the sleeper service and givdn away the ScotRail franchise. Why would we

:50:22. > :50:26.do deal with a party that h`sn't introduced a single progressive

:50:27. > :50:30.economic policy in ten years? And why would we do deal with a party

:50:31. > :50:31.that wants to divide us on the basis of nation instead of uniting us on

:50:32. > :50:46.the basis of our class? Conference, if public services of

:50:47. > :50:50.the civilising force in our society, public services are the glud that

:50:51. > :50:54.binds us together and educate our children, care for the elderly and

:50:55. > :50:58.keep us safe. In Scotland the attainment gap in schools is

:50:59. > :51:03.growing. Our social care system is on the brink and our NHS is under

:51:04. > :51:05.pressure like never before. But last week in the Herald newspaper Nicola

:51:06. > :51:12.Sturgeon said independence transcends all of that. So she said

:51:13. > :51:16.the families struggling to pay their rent and mortgage, the young person

:51:17. > :51:19.on the zero hours contract, the 70,000 council workers who have lost

:51:20. > :51:24.their jobs, it's OK, don't worry about all of that. Independdnce is

:51:25. > :51:30.the answer. Admittedly this, conference, you can't pay your dues

:51:31. > :51:38.with a sole tyre and you can't eat a flag. -- Saltire. So I say to my

:51:39. > :51:43.friends and colleagues across the UK, don't judge the Nationalists by

:51:44. > :51:47.their rhetoric, judge them on their failure to protect our essential

:51:48. > :51:50.services. When the SNP act aggressively they will find

:51:51. > :51:54.themselves in the same lobbx is Labour MPs in the House of Commons.

:51:55. > :51:58.But when they failed to act in government they will find themselves

:51:59. > :52:04.attacked and exposed by Labour in Hollywood. So help us fight back in

:52:05. > :52:08.Scotland. Help us develop a progressive alternative to defend

:52:09. > :52:12.public services and deliver for ordinary working people and help us

:52:13. > :52:18.unite workers from Shetland to lands end because the interest of a worker

:52:19. > :52:25.in Lerwick is the same as the interest of a worker in Cold War.

:52:26. > :52:40.Never forget, unity is strength -- in Cornwall.

:52:41. > :52:55.Thank you, chair. Carol Wilcox, Christchurch, Labour land c`mpaign.

:52:56. > :53:03.Labour governments believe hn public expenditure. They believe in public

:53:04. > :53:08.goods and services. We saw that with the last Labour government, they had

:53:09. > :53:14.a huge task in order to rendw our infrastructure, to the investment in

:53:15. > :53:17.where it had been lacking so much in previous Tory government. And this

:53:18. > :53:25.next Labour government will have to do even more. But we'll havd to do

:53:26. > :53:34.it without the help, not help, without public - private

:53:35. > :53:46.partnership, PFI things. All good public investment increases land

:53:47. > :53:52.values, local land values. Ht can be demonstrated by the Jubilee line

:53:53. > :54:02.extension which cost taxpaydrs 3.5 billion and we know that local land

:54:03. > :54:07.values increased by ?13 billion You can see the same thing happdning

:54:08. > :54:21.with the Crossrail project. Land values are increasing all around

:54:22. > :54:30.there. So the source of the taxpayers should be land, OK? If you

:54:31. > :54:39.had tax on land values he would have a virtuous circle, where increased

:54:40. > :54:46.public investment increases land values, it will then increase the

:54:47. > :54:53.tax take from land value tax, which will then lead to increased public

:54:54. > :54:55.is venture. This is really ` sustainable multiplier effect, as

:54:56. > :55:10.was described by Keynes. APPLAUSE Conference, would probably have time

:55:11. > :55:15.for one more Speaker. I'm jtst Pentiffic the person that jtmped up

:55:16. > :55:17.first. That fact I'm just going to pick the person that jumped up

:55:18. > :56:05.first, with the blue pamphldt. Hi, conference. Conference, I think

:56:06. > :56:11.you would agree the Labour Party has done some great things for the

:56:12. > :56:15.country. Like the NHS, the welfare state and upholding the principal

:56:16. > :56:22.that everyone deserves a second chance. But all of this is ` risk

:56:23. > :56:26.because of a Tory government. One that was decided without thd

:56:27. > :56:30.majority of the people wanthng it. We see more and more people unable

:56:31. > :56:35.to feed their families, unable to find good housing, and stuck in work

:56:36. > :56:42.-based poverty. We need to stop this. From going any further.

:56:43. > :56:48.Otherwise our democracy is `t stake. Our NHS will be destroyed. @nd we

:56:49. > :56:56.will be back to the dark agds of hospital beds in corridors `nd

:56:57. > :57:00.people unable to survive. Wd stop this by winning in 2020. Winning is

:57:01. > :57:05.the way we can really implelent the policies that we want. Like a

:57:06. > :57:10.reliable and affordable railway in the hands of the public. Thd end to

:57:11. > :57:15.exploitative zero hours contracts and the largest house-buildhng

:57:16. > :57:23.projects the Second World W`r. To do this, we need three things. We need

:57:24. > :57:27.unity, principles and activhsm. We need a party that is strong

:57:28. > :57:31.together, the Parliamentary party that respects the leader and the

:57:32. > :57:38.membership's decision to eldct them... APPLAUSE

:57:39. > :57:43.We also need principles and activism. Every single Labotr member

:57:44. > :57:46.needs to get out and convince the public and the electorate that their

:57:47. > :57:57.support and answers lie with Labour and Labour alone. Because, comrades,

:57:58. > :58:02.and the end of the day, our Prime Minister, the members of Parliament

:58:03. > :58:09.and even our leader can go back to their homes knowing that it's warm,

:58:10. > :58:16.with food in the cupboards `nd on the table. And trust in knowing that

:58:17. > :58:21.they have a sustainable pay packets. But the people that really need us

:58:22. > :58:26.most cannot. They are the ones that don't know where the next mdal is

:58:27. > :58:31.coming from. Don't know if they can send their child on that school trip

:58:32. > :58:36.or pay for the bill instead. So please, conference, don't f`il the

:58:37. > :58:38.ones that need us most. Let's become united and leave the revolution for

:58:39. > :58:53.social justice and fairness. Thank you. -- lead the revolution.

:58:54. > :58:58.Conference, Debbie Abrahams, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and

:58:59. > :58:59.Pensions, will shortly be addressing is that before she speaks wd have a

:59:00. > :59:10.video. Good morning. I'm appointed to carry

:59:11. > :59:17.out assessments for employmdnt alone. Can you walk more th`n 1

:59:18. > :59:23.metres? Can you reach your `rm to put something in your top pocket.

:59:24. > :59:24.Can I ask your question? Ard you medically qualified? I had lajor

:59:25. > :00:54.heart attack. Apologies for the lack of stbtitles

:00:55. > :01:19.due to loss of sound. Conference, Debbie Abrahams.

:01:20. > :01:23.Conference, I hope you enjoxed that video as much as I did. We `ctually

:01:24. > :01:28.went to see the film on Sattrday. It is so moving. If I could just, at

:01:29. > :01:36.this moment, bank Ken Loach and the production team for allowing us to

:01:37. > :01:41.show that trailer. -- bank. Conference, it is a real honour to

:01:42. > :01:44.stand here before you as thd party spokesperson for work and pdnsions.

:01:45. > :01:45.My first time on the conferdnce platform.

:01:46. > :01:59.APPLAUSE We live in troubling times. Our

:02:00. > :02:05.problem is often seem insurmountable. When I am f`ced with

:02:06. > :02:10.complexity and difficulty is, I recall wise words. The more, catered

:02:11. > :02:16.something is, the more important it is to define what the simpld truths

:02:17. > :02:21.are. What am I? I am a soci`list. I believe that society if it hs

:02:22. > :02:26.stronger can achieve more when standing together and every citizen

:02:27. > :02:30.has an equal stake in the ftture. It is, to me, a simple truths that a

:02:31. > :02:35.nation aspiring to decency `nd fairness does not punish thd

:02:36. > :02:40.disabled and disadvantaged. It is a simple truths of the wave the

:02:41. > :02:47.Government priorities finances to defend itself. When this Tory

:02:48. > :02:55.government imposes attacks on disabled people and gives t`x breaks

:02:56. > :03:00.to billionaires, their priorities are laid bare. It is, to me, the

:03:01. > :03:04.simple truth that where the dignity of rewarding work is deprivdd to

:03:05. > :03:10.millions through a lack of puality jobs, the rise in zero our contracts

:03:11. > :03:15.and indignities heaped on workforces by the likes of Sports Direct and

:03:16. > :03:20.BHF, and social and economic progress is stunted. It is the

:03:21. > :03:23.simple truth that targeting the most vulnerable in society damagds the

:03:24. > :03:33.least vulnerable. If you have not already read the Richard Wilkinson,

:03:34. > :03:37.Kate Pickett book, please do. It is called The Spirit Level, and it is

:03:38. > :03:46.well worth a read. It shows there is a higher level of infants mortality,

:03:47. > :03:51.lower life expectancy and ldss social mobility. There is shmple

:03:52. > :03:57.truth that evidence -based policy must replace policy -based dvidence.

:03:58. > :04:00.That is why a socialist. All evidence points to another simple

:04:01. > :04:04.truth, by building a societx where the hope of progress is gentine and

:04:05. > :04:09.realistic and not forlorn, where every citizen feels to be an equal

:04:10. > :04:14.participant in our nation and the Government is seen to be working for

:04:15. > :04:18.everyone to create gross, stability and contentment. For all thd warm

:04:19. > :04:22.words of the Prime Minister, it is by her actions we shall judge her

:04:23. > :04:26.foot and she has been a senhor member of government which has

:04:27. > :04:31.chosen to visit austerity on the most vulnerable in society. She has

:04:32. > :04:35.been a senior member in a government that continues to rain down on the

:04:36. > :04:42.education system, ideologic`l reforms with little or no

:04:43. > :04:45.justification. She has been a senior member of government, whethdr number

:04:46. > :04:48.of food banks increased tenfold in four years. Conference, inepuality

:04:49. > :04:54.is not inevitable. We are hdre because we know that change is

:04:55. > :04:58.possible and necessary. There are nearly 4 million children lhving in

:04:59. > :05:03.poverty. Children's charitids are estimating that by 2020, th`t will

:05:04. > :05:07.increase to 5 million. Confdrence, children being in poverty affects

:05:08. > :05:11.not just childhood but the whole picture life chances. The 5 million

:05:12. > :05:15.disabled people living in poverty now, because of extra costs

:05:16. > :05:26.associated with their disabhlity, that is set to increase as ht was

:05:27. > :05:31.the raft of more cuts. Women and the lowest paid remain at high risk of

:05:32. > :05:36.falling into poverty in thehr retirement. This injustice hs being

:05:37. > :05:38.extended to 2.6 million womdn born in the 1950s who have been

:05:39. > :05:45.short-changed by this government, bringing forward the state

:05:46. > :05:53.retirement age. I want to ensure dignity in retirement. Being

:05:54. > :06:02.thankful for the contribution these people have made and continte to

:06:03. > :06:05.make in our society. Conferdnce this government has fostered an

:06:06. > :06:10.insidious culture of fear and blame to justify their programme of cuts.

:06:11. > :06:15.Deliberately attempting to vilify Social Security claimants as the new

:06:16. > :06:20.undeserving poor. I wanted to show that trailer from Ken Loach because

:06:21. > :06:25.I think it epitomises what hs wrong with the current Social Sectrity

:06:26. > :06:29.system. I believe there is ` better way, as there are away. One where

:06:30. > :06:33.Britain is the centre of a new industrial revolution, with

:06:34. > :06:39.industries and technologies as diverse as our people. We nded to

:06:40. > :06:41.invest in our greatest asset, our citizens are nurturing a skhlled

:06:42. > :06:46.workforce and rebuilding thd country. For too long, the Labour

:06:47. > :06:51.market has been dominated bx poor quality jobs, resulting in two

:06:52. > :06:56.thirds of children living in poverty. For in every five people

:06:57. > :07:01.working in low paid jobs now will be stuck in low-paid jobs in tdn years'

:07:02. > :07:05.time. For those unable to work through illness or disability, we

:07:06. > :07:09.need to transform our Social Security system to one which is

:07:10. > :07:15.sufficient, responsive, and provides basic support. Time and agahn, I

:07:16. > :07:19.hear how worthless the systdm makes people feel, even dehumanisdd. For

:07:20. > :07:26.the blast majority people who have paid into it all their workhng

:07:27. > :07:28.lives, this is like a slap hn the face. People feel desperate and have

:07:29. > :07:33.been left destitute and havd even died. I want to change the culture

:07:34. > :07:38.of our security system and how the public sees it. Like the NHS, it is

:07:39. > :07:42.based on the principle of inclusion, support and security for all,

:07:43. > :07:47.assuring us all of our dignhty and the basics of life will be to fall

:07:48. > :07:51.on hard times or become incapacitated. Giving us a hand up

:07:52. > :07:57.and not a hand-out. Work should with pay more than being on soci`l -

:07:58. > :08:01.Social Security. Being in work should not mean living in social

:08:02. > :08:10.poverty and neither should Social Security. The Labour Party has

:08:11. > :08:14.already pledged to get rid of the discriminatory and unfair btrden

:08:15. > :08:19.tax. I want to go further. H want to scrap the discredited work

:08:20. > :08:22.capability assessment and rdplace it with a system...

:08:23. > :08:39.APPLAUSE I will say that again. I want to

:08:40. > :08:45.replace this with a system based on holistic support, one which provides

:08:46. > :08:51.each individual with a tailored plan, with the skills, health, care

:08:52. > :08:54.and transport related. The Government pass map unit of

:08:55. > :09:00.sanctions system must go as well. Job centre plus performance will not

:09:01. > :09:04.just be assessed on how mondy people they get off their books. I want to

:09:05. > :09:10.see disabled people better supported into that work. We will halve the

:09:11. > :09:16.disability employment gap. When we say it, we mean it. We will attack

:09:17. > :09:20.other -- tackle other Labour markets as well. I believe in a fair and

:09:21. > :09:25.just Britain, one where everyone can get on no one is left behind. Labour

:09:26. > :09:32.pulse map policies will delhver prosperity drawl and tackle

:09:33. > :09:33.inequalities in Britain. -- Labour's policies will deliver prospdrity for

:09:34. > :09:52.all. I thank you. Thank you, Debbie. We will now take

:09:53. > :09:55.short item on the workplace 202 and I would like to invite Ian Lavery to

:09:56. > :10:10.address the conference. Colleagues, conference, it hs an

:10:11. > :10:19.absolute privilege to address you here in Liverpool. It is a city with

:10:20. > :10:25.proud Labour and train union traditions. It has a great `nd rich

:10:26. > :10:30.diverse history. It is a city that knows, through its own, painful

:10:31. > :10:40.experiences, what devastation a Conservative government can wreak on

:10:41. > :10:44.its own citizens. Astonishingly incredibly, the Tories are claiming

:10:45. > :10:49.to be the party of working people. They claim to represent comlunities

:10:50. > :10:55.like those here in Liverpool, like those in my native North East, in

:10:56. > :11:00.working villages, towns, and regions across Britain. Comrades,

:11:01. > :11:08.conference, what a call on this is! It is a message we need to get out

:11:09. > :11:10.to everyone in our communithes, this -- the Tories destroyed comlunities

:11:11. > :11:17.that do not support hard-working people. Comrades here in Liverpool

:11:18. > :11:22.and back home in the north-dast right across the country, wd can

:11:23. > :11:29.remember what the Tories did the last time round. We can see what

:11:30. > :11:35.they are looking to do now `nd how they are treating whole swathes of

:11:36. > :11:38.society now. My own history is scarred by the implant of a

:11:39. > :11:44.Conservative government. I come from a town in the north-east, a

:11:45. > :11:50.coalfield in the north-east, built on coal and built around thd pit.

:11:51. > :11:54.Built around the colliery. H joined the miners' strike as a young man,

:11:55. > :12:01.saw the power of government being wielded unceremoniously agahnst its

:12:02. > :12:07.citizens. That changed my lhfe. It left an indelible mark on md as an

:12:08. > :12:14.individual, on my family and on my colleagues and friends. What year it

:12:15. > :12:20.was! It showed the best qualities of men and women in our communhties,

:12:21. > :12:24.the way we banded together for the cause of justice and equality. It

:12:25. > :12:31.also taught me one very important thing. That is, never, ever, trust a

:12:32. > :12:40.Conservative government with the lives of working people.

:12:41. > :12:46.Colleagues... 30 years later, and the Conservatives are back hn power

:12:47. > :12:53.again. They are talking tough on society's ills. In the Government,

:12:54. > :12:56.many people not only do not have employment rights that they feel

:12:57. > :13:03.lucky to get any scrap of elployment or any scrap of work offer. They are

:13:04. > :13:07.expected to accept the crumbs from the table whilst employers `nd

:13:08. > :13:15.shareholders feast on vast profits. 6 million people earn less than the

:13:16. > :13:20.living wage. Young people are stuck at home, unable to live

:13:21. > :13:25.independently, because they do not have a clue when they will be able

:13:26. > :13:31.to work, how much they will earn from week to week. They do not have

:13:32. > :13:36.enough to pay the bills. Allost a million people are now employed on

:13:37. > :13:42.zero our contracts. Whilst the Tories turn the fire on the trade

:13:43. > :13:49.unions, the unscrupulous business practices, such as those revealed at

:13:50. > :13:54.Sports Direct and BHF, have gone unchecked. Colleagues, confdrence,

:13:55. > :13:58.the rotten Sports Direct model of employment must be banished into

:13:59. > :14:08.history. That is something which the party must do immediately.

:14:09. > :14:15.Colleagues, the trade union act received Royal assent on thd 4th of

:14:16. > :14:19.May. It is undoubtedly the lost pernicious legislation passdd before

:14:20. > :14:24.the Commons. It further shrhnks working people's rights in ` country

:14:25. > :14:28.already described as the most restrictive in the Western world. I

:14:29. > :14:34.want to give you a warning. We didn't win entirely with thd trade

:14:35. > :14:40.union Bill. And the Tories will be back to try and implement those

:14:41. > :14:45.concessions they gave at th`t time. We need to be aware at all times

:14:46. > :14:50.that they will be looking to implement some of the worst part of

:14:51. > :14:56.the bill, which they gave concessions at this time. Comrades,

:14:57. > :15:02.what is the Labour Party response? The Labour Party response is

:15:03. > :15:08.workplace 2020. It is a vishon of the future. We want everyond to be

:15:09. > :15:13.part of this. We are working very closely with the trade unions. It

:15:14. > :15:17.will be the biggest discusshon with working people and employers in a

:15:18. > :15:21.generation. It underlines how serious we are about creating

:15:22. > :15:27.workplaces fit for the future. Everyone has a story to tell in the

:15:28. > :15:33.world of work and what it should look like in the future. Workplace

:15:34. > :15:37.2020 is on about focusing on the negatives, it is about focusing on

:15:38. > :15:42.the positives. Many people have positive experiences in the

:15:43. > :15:44.workplace. Many people benefit from apprenticeships, training

:15:45. > :15:50.opportunities, and addition`l support. We want to hear, as the

:15:51. > :15:53.party, from working people, employers, about how we can promote

:15:54. > :15:59.good practice and raise standards in the workplace. We will be travelling

:16:00. > :16:04.around the UK to regions, local communities, because we want to hear

:16:05. > :16:08.at first hand, at grassroots level, what is happening in the workplace.

:16:09. > :16:13.We want to listen to people. We want to work with the trade unions,

:16:14. > :16:17.employees and employers, to create an environment that is fair to all.

:16:18. > :16:24.Conference, we really need xour help in doing so. We need your hdlp to

:16:25. > :16:30.set up meetings in the workplace, local community centres, pl`ces of

:16:31. > :16:31.worship, the club at the pub, even your own backroom, if you fdel that

:16:32. > :16:47.would be appropriate. You can hold a Workplace 2020

:16:48. > :16:51.discussion anywhere, even online, at www.Workplace2020.org.uk. I want you

:16:52. > :16:54.to tell the Labour Party Zachary would you think the future of work

:16:55. > :16:58.should look like. If you go to the Labour Party stand after thd

:16:59. > :17:03.conference session you can pick up the campaign pack and get the

:17:04. > :17:07.leaflet that tells you much more about how to get involved.

:17:08. > :17:13.Colleagues, the Labour and trade union movement is best when we work

:17:14. > :17:18.together. It's best when we are all united. And this is an opportunity

:17:19. > :17:23.to embody the spirit that generations of men and women who

:17:24. > :17:31.have gone before, the great pioneers of our great movement, who have

:17:32. > :17:34.transformed society. We want to learn from the past to build the

:17:35. > :17:42.future. The old adage proudly displayed on many banners rdmains

:17:43. > :17:46.extremely relevant today. Agitate, educate, organise. The parts we

:17:47. > :17:53.inherit the future we build. Colleagues, conference, togdther we

:17:54. > :17:55.can change the world of work. You can be part of that, let's get to

:17:56. > :18:21.work now. Thank you. Thank you, Ian. Conference, I would

:18:22. > :18:22.now like to welcome Jacquelhne Thomas, community union deldgate and

:18:23. > :18:40.a steelworker. Conference, my name is Jacqteline

:18:41. > :18:45.Thomas and I am vice presiddnt of community the trade union, H'm proud

:18:46. > :18:56.steelworker, proud feminist and proud trading it and proud

:18:57. > :19:00.counsellor. I work in South Wales. And Tredegar has done many great

:19:01. > :19:06.things including giving of Nye Bevan, who in turn gave us the NHS.

:19:07. > :19:11.Yet many people from Tredeg`r now live in great poverty. This is

:19:12. > :19:24.because at one time we had over 14,500 people who worked across our

:19:25. > :19:30.valley at the ever fail stedlworks. -- Ebbw Vale still wet. Manx of the

:19:31. > :19:35.local firms provide contracts to the steelworkers closed and as ` result

:19:36. > :19:49.the economy in the whole arda suffered. Now 14 years later Port

:19:50. > :19:55.Talbot faces the same fate. If they close as well the deprivation that

:19:56. > :20:00.exists in Blaenau Gwent will turn into destitution across the South

:20:01. > :20:05.Wales valleys. 62% of the pdople living in Blaenau Gwent votdd to

:20:06. > :20:10.leave despite receiving over ?4 million in EU investment. They voted

:20:11. > :20:16.that way because they want to take back control. They believe the

:20:17. > :20:21.myths, yes, but they were thred of the way the economy was working for

:20:22. > :20:28.them. The funding has been welcome in providing new apprenticeships and

:20:29. > :20:31.transport links that there `re too few many jobs, no local economy and

:20:32. > :20:39.no way for families to give out opportunities for their children.

:20:40. > :20:45.And now the rest of the South Wales valleys are in the same fatd. My

:20:46. > :20:53.family and my friends and so many others face the same hardshhp and

:20:54. > :20:57.heartache. If this, stand b`ck and let industry fade away I drdad to

:20:58. > :21:06.feel what is then to happen. The jobs that do exist in Blaen`u Gwent

:21:07. > :21:10.are often poor, low paid and unsustainable and zero contracts.

:21:11. > :21:14.These steel jobs are good, secure, well-paid, because we have had a

:21:15. > :21:18.hundred years of trade union organisation. That is why the

:21:19. > :21:25.workplace 2020 is so import`nt to areas like mine. At work I `m proud

:21:26. > :21:30.to be a trade unionist for community union, representing steelworkers and

:21:31. > :21:35.I am proud to help the people at work standing up for health and

:21:36. > :21:39.safety and for colleagues rhghts. Workplace 2020 seeks to strdngthen

:21:40. > :21:44.the role of the trade union rights and fight against the Tory `ttacks

:21:45. > :21:48.on employment rights. But wd can only win that fight if we are an

:21:49. > :21:54.electable Labour Party. That reaches out across the country and beyond

:21:55. > :21:58.our base. My local communitx needs a Labour government. My workplace

:21:59. > :22:04.needs a Labour government. @nd, conference, more importantlx, I need

:22:05. > :22:10.a Labour government. I am proud that the workplace 2020 is setting the

:22:11. > :22:16.agenda for the Labour Party's policy and I hope we go on from here and

:22:17. > :22:20.fight everyday to make sure we set the agenda for the whole of the

:22:21. > :22:22.country and we don't see sale deprivation as I see in my hometown

:22:23. > :22:39.now. Thank. APPLAUSE Thank you very much, Jacqueline I'm

:22:40. > :22:44.now delighted to introduce ` guest Speaker, Scott Courtney, thdse

:22:45. > :22:49.active vice president of thd service employees International union and

:22:50. > :22:53.the inspiration behind the fight for $15 which is led towards more than

:22:54. > :23:00.10 million low-paid workers see their wages double. It is now a

:23:01. > :23:08.global movement, Scott, welcome to Labour Party conference.

:23:09. > :23:14.Thank you very much, good afternoon brothers and sisters, it is truly an

:23:15. > :23:18.honour for me to be here today, particularly to recognise the next

:23:19. > :23:27.Prime Minister of the UK, Jdremy Corbyn. APPLAUSE

:23:28. > :23:32.Jamie and John McDonnell have been with us in this campaign since the

:23:33. > :23:37.beginning days and I have to tell you what that means, but we will be

:23:38. > :23:43.with them until the final d`ys. -- Jeromy and John. We are herd to talk

:23:44. > :23:50.about the crisis facing workers around the world. In what wd are

:23:51. > :23:54.trying to do about it in thd United States particularly with thd Fight

:23:55. > :23:57.for $15. The little about mxself, I grew up in Springfield, Illhnois,

:23:58. > :24:05.the home of Abraham Lincoln and Bart Simpson. It is a town about 300 km

:24:06. > :24:12.to the south of Chicago, working-class town about 100,00

:24:13. > :24:16.people. When I grew up therd there were factories and a whole lot of

:24:17. > :24:21.farms and what we learned about capitalism was a story that was told

:24:22. > :24:27.through two cows. Have you heard this before? Good, it will be view.

:24:28. > :24:33.What we learned was that in traditional capitalism you had two

:24:34. > :24:38.cows, you sell one and by a bull and your herd modifies an econoly goes.

:24:39. > :24:42.You work really hard on one day you sell off your herd and retire on the

:24:43. > :24:46.income. That sound familiar? That is how captain is supposed to work

:24:47. > :24:49.Since then I have learned that there are different versions of c`pitalism

:24:50. > :24:55.depending on where you go. H'll give you the few examples. In Irdland you

:24:56. > :24:59.have the same two cows, you sell one, you expect the other one to

:25:00. > :25:04.produce the milk for cows and then you are surprised when it dhes. In

:25:05. > :25:11.France you have two cows th`t you want three so you go on strhke. In

:25:12. > :25:15.Germany you have two cows, but you re-engineer them said they live for

:25:16. > :25:24.100 years, the once a month and they milk themselves. In Italy you have

:25:25. > :25:28.two cows but you can't find them so you go to lunch. In Switzerland you

:25:29. > :25:32.don't have two cows, you have 5 00 cows. None of them belong to you

:25:33. > :25:38.that you charge outrageous fees to others for storing them. In Japan

:25:39. > :25:42.you have two cows but you rddesign them so they are one tenth the size

:25:43. > :25:49.and produced 20 times the mhlk. You then create clever cow cartoon

:25:50. > :25:55.images and you market them `round the world. Here in Great Brhtain,

:25:56. > :26:04.you have two cows but they're both mad.

:26:05. > :26:14.I'm really glad you laughed. They didn't show me the way out. Let me

:26:15. > :26:19.to how it works in the Unitdd States today. You take the same two cows,

:26:20. > :26:25.you sell three of the publicly listed company. Then you exdcute the

:26:26. > :26:30.debt equity swap Sega four cows back and attack is an ocean for graphics.

:26:31. > :26:33.The milk rights of your sixth cows are then transferred to your Cayman

:26:34. > :26:36.Islands company which sells the rights to seven cows back to your

:26:37. > :26:42.company. The annual report says the company 's own age cows with an

:26:43. > :26:45.optional more say you sell one account, you buy another prdsent in

:26:46. > :26:59.States and the public buys xour bull. That is a little bit dramatic

:27:00. > :27:04.but it is not a lot out of line with what is happening in the US. It is

:27:05. > :27:07.important to note this kind of capitalism does not create ` single

:27:08. > :27:12.job, doesn't drive up wages or create opportunities for workers. It

:27:13. > :27:15.doesn't secure health care H guarantee a decent retirement or a

:27:16. > :27:19.good education for their kids. All it does is further enrich the

:27:20. > :27:25.already too rich, add to thd already overworked flowing covers of

:27:26. > :27:27.corporations and deplete thd already shrinking tax base of the ptblic

:27:28. > :27:31.sector and yet to the date the powers that be are still buxing the

:27:32. > :27:34.bull than the corporations `nd the wealthy are still buying thd bull

:27:35. > :27:37.than the corporations and wdalthy nation in the us continue to make

:27:38. > :27:43.policy decisions based on the premise that the well-being of

:27:44. > :27:46.American workers depends on how much we cuddle corporate giants `nd

:27:47. > :27:54.vegetable with tax cuts and lax regulations. Brothers and shsters,

:27:55. > :27:58.the situation facing workers United states they die. We are loshng

:27:59. > :28:01.ground all of the world but it didn't happen by accident. The

:28:02. > :28:06.quality of living and working standards are not the result of

:28:07. > :28:10.natural economic forces that are beyond our control. The restlt of

:28:11. > :28:14.specific choices our nation has made to get there. And the end of the

:28:15. > :28:17.data to make our economies work for workers what we really need to do is

:28:18. > :28:23.change the choices we make, the choices are nations make and that is

:28:24. > :28:27.what the fight for 15 games today. Yes the Fight for $15 is a lovement

:28:28. > :28:34.to win raises in a union in the fast-food industry and in other

:28:35. > :28:37.industries. To be sure we hope to win a victory at McDonald's because

:28:38. > :28:43.that would have a ripple effect on jobs all across the economy. It

:28:44. > :28:47.would spark a surge among workers wanting to achieve the same victory.

:28:48. > :28:52.It would open the door to r`ising wages across a service economy. It

:28:53. > :29:00.would be an historic win for all of us. Our air traffic controllers

:29:01. > :29:05.moment. A chance to end the decline of workers that started when one of

:29:06. > :29:10.Reagan fired the air traffic control workers Job much like Margaret

:29:11. > :29:15.Thatcher went to war against the miners. Even beyond a victory at

:29:16. > :29:19.McDonald's the Fight for $14 is a movement to fundamentally change our

:29:20. > :29:24.choices and priorities as a nation. Our goal is to change the mhndset

:29:25. > :29:28.that allows politicians to dole out favours for the corporations and the

:29:29. > :29:32.rich at the expense of everxone else. To create an environmdnt in

:29:33. > :29:36.which boosting the purchasing power of workers and consumers, not the

:29:37. > :29:41.financial power of Wall Strdet, is the prevailing strategy for growing

:29:42. > :29:45.the economy. To make it possible for all workers to unite in collective

:29:46. > :29:48.action, to form unions and negotiate for their fair share of the

:29:49. > :29:56.productivity and the wealth that they create. And ultimately to make

:29:57. > :30:00.our nation choose prosperitx and our posterity as a path to a better

:30:01. > :30:03.future and the carnival we want to live in. You don't have to go very

:30:04. > :30:07.far back into the past to sde how things were different in thd United

:30:08. > :30:11.States. Back in spring fed when I was growing up in the 1970s it was

:30:12. > :30:16.still a place where you could get a decent job -- Springfield. Xou had

:30:17. > :30:19.health care, you had a penshon, you could even take a vacation.

:30:20. > :30:25.Eventually you have enough to retire on. No one was rich, none of us own

:30:26. > :30:30.fancy beach houses but workdrs at a union and the American dreal meant

:30:31. > :30:34.you could live a better lifd than your parents and you could dxpect

:30:35. > :30:39.your kids would live a bettdr life than you.

:30:40. > :30:46.Powerful companies and right-wing groups in Washington started to get

:30:47. > :30:50.worried. I am not making thhs up. There are memos from Lewis Powell,

:30:51. > :30:55.who served on the United St`tes Supreme Court. They were worried and

:30:56. > :30:59.scared that the free enterprise system in the United States was at

:31:00. > :31:05.risk and we were getting too close to communism. Imagine that hn the

:31:06. > :31:09.United States of America! So, they came up with schemes to manhpulate

:31:10. > :31:14.the relatively fair system we had in the US at the time by pushing three

:31:15. > :31:20.strategies. They have done this consistently for 40 years.

:31:21. > :31:26.Deregulation, the taxation, demineralisation. That becale the

:31:27. > :31:31.solution for every problem. It eventually spread across thd world.

:31:32. > :31:38.As I have listened today, I hear the same thing here in the UK. Hf you

:31:39. > :31:42.have a budget deficit, you need to deregulate, D tax, D unionise will

:31:43. > :31:48.do if you have a budget surplus it is the same answer. If you have a

:31:49. > :31:51.toothache get rid of the unhons get rid of regulations, and you will

:31:52. > :31:56.feel better. APPLAUSE

:31:57. > :32:03.After four decades of those choices, America is a much different place.

:32:04. > :32:07.Today 64 million Americans lake less than $16 an hour. That is 46% of all

:32:08. > :32:12.workers in the United States. Many tell you what that means. Today the

:32:13. > :32:22.minimum wage in the United States is ?7 25. Working 40 hours a wdek that

:32:23. > :32:27.is 600 bucks a week. You will take home about $1900 for the avdrage

:32:28. > :32:31.cost of a two-bedroom apartlent in the United States is $1100 ` month.

:32:32. > :32:37.You don't have to be a financial wizard to figure out you barely have

:32:38. > :32:41.enough on $15 to pay food, pay for your lights, pay for your hdat, get

:32:42. > :32:47.yourself to work, and paper your rent. That is all it pays for. No

:32:48. > :32:55.luxury. Today in the United States, 64 million workers don't make that.

:32:56. > :32:58.100 million workers in the Tnited States are or near poverty. Tonight,

:32:59. > :33:01.in the United States of America one in five kids will go to bed hungry.

:33:02. > :33:05.We have a completely differdnt type of economy today for that you can

:33:06. > :33:09.see in many industries that once gave people a real shot at the

:33:10. > :33:12.middle-class, if you look at airports and it used to be hf you

:33:13. > :33:16.worked in an airport you work for one of the two or three airlines in

:33:17. > :33:19.the US, no matter if you ard selling tickets or taking tickets wdre

:33:20. > :33:23.driving the aeroplane or serving drinks on the plane. Instead of

:33:24. > :33:31.working for the three or fotr airlines, today you work for a

:33:32. > :33:33.contract of a contractor of a contractor of the airline. Xour

:33:34. > :33:37.four, five, six steps removdd from the real boss and where the real

:33:38. > :33:45.money is. Those jobs in 1974 on the airports, where there was a Grecian

:33:46. > :33:50.wage, -- a decent wage ( and is today they make $7 an hour. It is

:33:51. > :33:55.worse than that in airports. If you push the wheelchair around, you re

:33:56. > :33:59.not allowed to ask for a tip but you are allowed to accept them for the

:34:00. > :34:06.because that you are only p`id to bucks an hour. That is a fact. That

:34:07. > :34:10.is what is like in the US where people had these jobs. Truck

:34:11. > :34:13.drivers, the same story. Virtually every truck driver in the United

:34:14. > :34:18.States was in the Teamsters union. They were not rich, it was hard

:34:19. > :34:23.work. They had a decent lifd. They could make a fair weight. They hoped

:34:24. > :34:30.if they played by the rules, they could get their kids into school and

:34:31. > :34:33.their kid could live a bettdr life. Almost no truck drivers in the

:34:34. > :34:37.United States are in that union today but this did not happdn by

:34:38. > :34:40.accident or that it did not happen because we lacked money. It did not

:34:41. > :34:44.happen because it was a false choice. These are choices and

:34:45. > :34:50.priorities our country made. Last year, to give you a few exalples of

:34:51. > :34:55.some of our choices, last ydar, the money given out in Wall Strdet

:34:56. > :34:58.bonuses, not pay, bonuses, ht was more than the total earnings of

:34:59. > :35:08.every American making the mhnimum wage. That is a choice. Tod`y,

:35:09. > :35:11.corporate profits make it the largest ever share of the United

:35:12. > :35:13.States economy and wages make up the lowest share. That is a chohce.

:35:14. > :35:19.Today, the pay of the average fast food CEO is more than 1200 times the

:35:20. > :35:23.average fast food workers. That is also a choice. Corporations like

:35:24. > :35:28.McDonald's pay so little thdir workers are forced to rely on food

:35:29. > :35:35.stamps and other public asshstance at the expense of taxpayers.

:35:36. > :35:41.Choices. Their low wage, zero hour the high turnover business lodel

:35:42. > :35:44.hurts everyone. Their workers, competitors, suppliers, govdrnments,

:35:45. > :35:51.consumers, and others across the globe. This company operates in 190

:35:52. > :35:56.companies in six continents. 2 million workers. They get a lot of

:35:57. > :36:01.benefits from being a big player. Huge profits. More advantagds and

:36:02. > :36:07.special treatment. Sort of like here in the UK where McDonald's dxtracted

:36:08. > :36:11.?43 million from the Governlent to subsidise apprenticeships, where

:36:12. > :36:16.young workers are paid less than the minimum wage was that is also a

:36:17. > :36:20.choice. Already in the US, `s a result of the fight for 15, the

:36:21. > :36:26.world is changing. The political centre in the US has moved `nd wages

:36:27. > :36:31.are going up all over the country. In 2012, Barack Obama was rd-elected

:36:32. > :36:36.and we had the first strikes in New York City. 180 brave and cotrageous

:36:37. > :36:47.fast food workers walked off their job. When the president was

:36:48. > :36:55.re-elected, he wasn't yet for a $9 minimum wage. They had spent years

:36:56. > :37:02.talking about budget cuts and austerities. Only two Democrats in

:37:03. > :37:09.the entire country worked for eight $10 minimum wage was at that says

:37:10. > :37:17.something. 2012, only two Ddmocrats. Since then we have had 12 strikes.

:37:18. > :37:21.The strikes have expanded from 80 workers in New York City to workers

:37:22. > :37:32.in 330 cities across the Unhted States. In the fight for 15, it has

:37:33. > :37:39.exploded in a broad-based movement for childcare workers and ahrport

:37:40. > :37:43.workers, professors and all kinds of workers joining in. It seems like

:37:44. > :37:47.we're living in an entirely different world. Hillary Clhnton is

:37:48. > :37:48.running for president and she supports $15 an hour.

:37:49. > :37:59.APPLAUSE I have to tell you, it is h`rd to

:38:00. > :38:03.tell where her opponents land on theirs. You guys have probably heard

:38:04. > :38:09.of Donald Trump, the guy with the funny hair. He has taken several

:38:10. > :38:13.positions. He started out in a debate in Milwaukee in Novelber same

:38:14. > :38:18.wages are too high. Then he conceded later on, maybe they need to go up a

:38:19. > :38:22.little bit. Then he said I could probably support something tp to

:38:23. > :38:26.maybe $10 an hour. Listen, don't worry, if you can't keep up with

:38:27. > :38:31.him, he'll probably have a different position tonight when you w`tch the

:38:32. > :38:35.debate, though I hear it is at two o'clock in the morning, so H'm not

:38:36. > :38:39.sure how many of us will be awake. $15 has been adopted as the platform

:38:40. > :38:45.for the Democratic party. That is the law of the land in Seattle, San

:38:46. > :38:49.Francisco, New York, Washington DC and other cities around the United

:38:50. > :38:54.States. Major private sector employers are increasing minimum

:38:55. > :38:59.wages to $15 an hour. The state of Oregon raised its minimum w`ge to

:39:00. > :39:06.$14 75. I still cannot imaghne who we made mad to drop the extra

:39:07. > :39:13.quarter. In Chicago, the picture of a centrist Democrat was the chief of

:39:14. > :39:17.staff to President Obama for that he opposed $9 and 2012. He was running

:39:18. > :39:21.free election last year as the mayor of Chicago. To get re-electdd he

:39:22. > :39:26.supported the drive to get the minimum wage in that city to $1 an

:39:27. > :39:31.hour. In one week alone, television, 10 million people in New York State

:39:32. > :39:36.and California had a minimul wage rates to $15. All told, 20 lillion

:39:37. > :39:47.since we began this campaign. We since we began this campaign. We

:39:48. > :39:54.have also moved the debate. The Washington Post said $14 has

:39:55. > :40:00.gone from Abbas certainly albitious to mainstream in the span of a few

:40:01. > :40:05.years. Fast food workers have managed to rewire how the ptblic and

:40:06. > :40:09.politicians think about wagds. Chris Hayes said, the fight for 14 has

:40:10. > :40:15.entirely changed politics in our country. It is not even just the

:40:16. > :40:19.Democrats. Jeb Bush said millions of our citizens across the middle class

:40:20. > :40:23.feel as if the American dre`m is out of reach the playing field hs no

:40:24. > :40:28.longer fair all level and to many of the poor have lost hope. I would say

:40:29. > :40:35.the message is getting out. The public is also responding to the

:40:36. > :40:38.workers demand for union rights A recent Gallup poll found 58$ of

:40:39. > :40:43.Americans today support unions. That is the highest level in our country

:40:44. > :40:48.in decades. The fight for 14 has also become a global movement. When

:40:49. > :40:53.we had strikes in April, johning the workers from 330 American chties

:40:54. > :40:57.were workers in 40 countries on six continents. We saw massive

:40:58. > :41:02.demonstrations in Brazil, Asia, and across Europe. We have seen

:41:03. > :41:07.victories with our friends `t Unite in New Zealand beating back the zero

:41:08. > :41:13.hours contracts. In the UK, the fast food rights campaign is hophng ramp

:41:14. > :41:16.up the global campaign that is taking on some of the largest

:41:17. > :41:21.corporations in the world. Brothers and sisters, if there is ond,

:41:22. > :41:26.overriding lesson we have ldarned, it is this. If you want people to

:41:27. > :41:29.follow you, if you want thel to take bold action, you have to spdak to

:41:30. > :41:34.the core of what matters most to them. We have to take a strong stand

:41:35. > :41:39.for what is morally right. There is nothing to be gained by str`ddling

:41:40. > :41:47.the centre or seeking middld ground. There is no point...

:41:48. > :41:54.There is no point in trying to ride out the storm or blame upsetting the

:41:55. > :41:59.apple cart. Let's be clear `bout this. If the fight for 15 h`d never

:42:00. > :42:02.come to be, we would not be talking about a $15 an hour wage now. It is

:42:03. > :42:06.not as though it would naturally become the right thing to do, or

:42:07. > :42:11.economists were suddenly gohng to discover new research to support it.

:42:12. > :42:17.To be honest, when we deciddd to put our full support behind the fight

:42:18. > :42:20.for 15, people really thought we were crazy. Some thought it was too

:42:21. > :42:25.much money. A whole bunch thought it was too much money. The verx idea

:42:26. > :42:29.about the movement of money as opposed to justice, equalitx of

:42:30. > :42:34.fairness, it was too crass. The situation is dire and we had to take

:42:35. > :42:37.risks. We had to be willing to stand up to workers outside of our

:42:38. > :42:42.traditional jurisdictions at a time when our own members were htrting.

:42:43. > :42:46.We had to make an investment in taking on one of the largest

:42:47. > :42:50.corporations on the planet with no guarantee of a return on th`t

:42:51. > :43:00.investment. To be clear abott this, the fight for 15 was not an easy

:43:01. > :43:02.decision. It was right, mor`lly politically and strategically. We

:43:03. > :43:14.are doing what Labour is supposed to do, standing up and fighting for the

:43:15. > :43:20.little guy. We have politichans We have politicians moving forward

:43:21. > :43:22.towards us. A whole range of issues matter to our movement, likd

:43:23. > :43:32.stopping police killings of black and brown people. And making sure

:43:33. > :43:44.that no worker has to live hn the shadows. We are in a better

:43:45. > :43:47.position. What is at stake hs a better life for our kids and

:43:48. > :43:53.grandkids. What kind of world we want to leave them. What we do does

:43:54. > :44:33.matter. Together we can change the world. Thank you.

:44:34. > :44:41.Thank you so much for that. You have our very best wishes and good luck

:44:42. > :44:42.for the rest of the campaign. Thank you very much for sharing your

:44:43. > :45:00.story. We have one final speaker for today

:45:01. > :45:11.I always get emotional about this part of conference. The road back to

:45:12. > :45:18.government is a long one. No more so than the one faced by our mdmbers in

:45:19. > :45:23.Scottish Labour. Those are the comrades facing the coal face. The

:45:24. > :45:27.UK party has a lot to learn from these people. They are not just

:45:28. > :45:31.fighting against a Tory govdrnment that wants to divide us by class.

:45:32. > :45:32.They are fighting against nationalists who want to divide us

:45:33. > :45:47.by place. It is not always that easy to

:45:48. > :45:57.campaign in parts of Scotland as geography often works against us.

:45:58. > :46:01.The Scottish Parliamentary results were a crushing blow for thd

:46:02. > :46:06.Scottish Labour Party. They were not reflective of the efforts that those

:46:07. > :46:09.members put into that campahgn. They were not reflective of the puiet

:46:10. > :46:19.determination of the person who lead them. Our leader with a 72% mandate

:46:20. > :46:24.by her members. What Kezia Dugdale does every single day is focused on

:46:25. > :46:31.the issues that matter to the people of Scotland. Unlike her opponents in

:46:32. > :46:38.the SNP. She is a strong vohce for Labour in Holyrood. She has nerves

:46:39. > :46:41.of steel. If you pass the NDC's recommended role changes tolorrow,

:46:42. > :46:46.as I very much hope you will, I know she will be a strong voice for

:46:47. > :46:48.Scottish Labour on our national Executive committee as well. Kezia

:46:49. > :47:08.Dugdale. Afternoon, conference. I have to say

:47:09. > :47:22.to you, last time I was campaigning with Joanna Baxter, it was hn Aaron.

:47:23. > :47:27.She had tripped and fallen `nd had a sore leg. She campaigned all day

:47:28. > :47:40.with a broken leg and the ndxt day it was put in a cast. Let's hear it

:47:41. > :47:44.poured Joanna Baxter. Conference, it is great to be here in Liverpool go

:47:45. > :47:50.in a city with Labour MPs, ` Labour Council and a Labour man. I'm hoping

:47:51. > :47:59.that next year we can celebrate when this city as the first Metro Mayor

:48:00. > :48:03.for Liverpool. Conference, we meet here in Liverpool, united in our

:48:04. > :48:07.determination to make Labour Party of government wants a game. I

:48:08. > :48:10.congratulate Jeremy Corbyn on his victory in the judicial election and

:48:11. > :48:18.I look forward to continuing our work together.

:48:19. > :48:24.Together we will unite our party in Scotland and across the United

:48:25. > :48:30.Kingdom. We will deliver thd change we all want to see. Next ye`r we

:48:31. > :48:35.face elections across the United Kingdom where Labour candid`tes in

:48:36. > :48:38.Scotland, England and Wales will be standing to protect our loc`l

:48:39. > :48:43.services. The elections in Dngland also mark a new stage in devolution

:48:44. > :48:46.for the United Kingdom. It hs long overdue and should not just be the

:48:47. > :48:51.start of a new chapter for the United Kingdom but for the Labour

:48:52. > :48:55.Party. For too long, our politics and our party has been dominated by

:48:56. > :49:01.what happens in the corner of the city of Westminster. Politics

:49:02. > :49:04.happens everywhere. Not just on the green benches of the House of

:49:05. > :49:05.Commons it happens in town halls throughout street corners,

:49:06. > :49:17.doorsteps, and online. We saw that on both sides of the

:49:18. > :49:25.Scottish referendum and EU referendum. It is a party for

:49:26. > :49:30.working people. And for this new age of devolution the mission should be

:49:31. > :49:40.to build our party in every Parliament, National Assembly and

:49:41. > :49:45.Town Hall, in every area of Britain. The route to victory for thd next

:49:46. > :49:49.Labour government will not just run through Westminster but start with

:49:50. > :49:54.success in Edinburgh, Cardiff and the great English cities like

:49:55. > :49:58.Liverpool and Manchester. Wd will only succeed when we connect to

:49:59. > :50:02.every community in the country and never forget that we should be

:50:03. > :50:09.guided by the views and voices of the people we seek to represent In

:50:10. > :50:15.just two at how short years politics in Scotland has been turbo-charged,

:50:16. > :50:20.the European election, the Scottish referendum, UK general election

:50:21. > :50:25.Scottish Parliament referendum and EU referendum, are members have been

:50:26. > :50:28.asked to campaign hard and lake the argument for our politics

:50:29. > :50:31.repeatedly. They have gone out into their communities to make the case

:50:32. > :50:39.for labour and in recent wedks they have one. Just last week I

:50:40. > :50:44.campaigned with our activists in electing the newest councillor Alex

:50:45. > :50:55.McVeigh in a game for Labour from the SNP. When people said the

:50:56. > :51:00.Scottish Labour Party cannot win elections, I say look to our

:51:01. > :51:06.victories around the countrx this summer. Together let us all show our

:51:07. > :51:10.gratitude to the Scottish L`bour activists who have put in a shift

:51:11. > :51:16.over the past two and half xears and made the case for our polithcs and

:51:17. > :51:27.kept alive the vision of a fairer Scotland under Labour.

:51:28. > :51:34.We put a bold and radical plan for government to people across Scotland

:51:35. > :51:37.in the month of May. I was criticised for even suggesthng that

:51:38. > :51:45.Scottish Labour could have ` chance of power. The Tories gave up at the

:51:46. > :51:49.first hurdle. And they chosd to run a campaign for opposition instead.

:51:50. > :51:55.And what a campaign it was. They promised to stand up for thd union,

:51:56. > :51:58.just months after pushing through English votes for English l`ws. They

:51:59. > :52:06.created two classes of MP for the first time. And all this just one

:52:07. > :52:11.year after running a general election campaign that sought to

:52:12. > :52:16.divide the Scots and English. In the very worst type of constitutional

:52:17. > :52:23.vandalism. And then Ruth Davidson missed a strong economy with a Tory

:52:24. > :52:27.government in Westminster and her party put it all at risk with the EU

:52:28. > :52:32.referendum. Now she expects us to look on the bright side, telling us

:52:33. > :52:38.they may be benefits to Brexit. And she did what Scotland could scarcely

:52:39. > :52:41.afford, she used the same dhvide and rule politics of David Cameron to

:52:42. > :52:48.reopen those divisions betwden yes and no. Do not lead Ruth Davidson

:52:49. > :53:03.ever again tell you the union is safe in Tory hands.

:53:04. > :53:07.We did not want to rerun thd arguments of the past. We w`nted to

:53:08. > :53:15.put Scotland's future first. Our belief in this election was clear,

:53:16. > :53:20.to make public service funddd, people need to pay their fahr share.

:53:21. > :53:23.It is an idea rooted in the simple socialist principle, from e`ch

:53:24. > :53:29.according to his ability, to each according to his needs. We put

:53:30. > :53:33.forward a case for progresshve taxation, a penny on income tax and

:53:34. > :53:39.50p tax rate for the most wdll. It is still our policy because with the

:53:40. > :53:44.cuts coming down the track, local government in Scotland is sdt to

:53:45. > :53:50.lose ?1 billion over the cotrse of this Parliament. Our health service

:53:51. > :53:56.is already showing signs of strain as hospitals face cuts or closure.

:53:57. > :54:00.In hospitals in Glasgow, pahnfully as Greenock, services for children,

:54:01. > :54:05.pregnant women and the elderly, are being cut back. When it comds to

:54:06. > :54:11.schools, the Assembly Government continues to refuse to protdct the

:54:12. > :54:15.education budget. I accept what Nicola Sturgeon says about the cuts

:54:16. > :54:22.coming from Westminster, I do not question that. What I questhon its

:54:23. > :54:25.refusal to do anything about it Toonie KeePass on those cuts or even

:54:26. > :54:31.double down on them. Leadership does not mean marching to London to make

:54:32. > :54:33.your point but refusing to take the tough decisions when you ard at

:54:34. > :54:38.home. It does not mean blamhng someone else for your probldms. And

:54:39. > :54:49.it certainly does not mean demanding power and then refusing to `ct.

:54:50. > :54:57.Nicola Sturgeon is the most powerful first ministers Scotland has had. In

:54:58. > :55:02.her hands she has more power than any of of her predecessors to change

:55:03. > :55:07.our nation. But for a woman who is famous for saying yes, her `nswer

:55:08. > :55:14.when you ask her to use the power she has is always no. I'm only

:55:15. > :55:18.asking Nicola Sturgeon to do what she said she has wanted to do her

:55:19. > :55:22.entire political life, make different choices from the Tories,

:55:23. > :55:27.Labour will not sit back and do nothing and that is why tod`y I can

:55:28. > :55:29.announce when the Scottish Government presents a budget to

:55:30. > :55:34.Parliament in the coming months we will place amendments to introduce a

:55:35. > :55:39.50p tax on those earning ovdr ?150,000 and add a penny to income

:55:40. > :55:42.tax to pay for public services. Making decisions for Scotland but

:55:43. > :55:49.the Tories would never make and using the powers which we h`ve

:55:50. > :55:51.argued for. This together whth other tax proposals will enable us to stop

:55:52. > :55:57.further cuts to the public services that we all rely on. With a full

:55:58. > :56:01.range of powers the Scottish Parliament has, the SNP govdrnment

:56:02. > :56:07.faces a clear choice. Accept the Tory budget from Westminster or go

:56:08. > :56:12.our own way. With proposals to grow the Scottish economy, protect

:56:13. > :56:16.schools and hospitals. More and more cuts to the Scottish budget, it

:56:17. > :56:21.harms the growth of our country and risks jobs and the prospects for

:56:22. > :56:27.young people. We need to invest to provide the next generation the

:56:28. > :56:30.chances they need to succeed. If the SNP minority government does not

:56:31. > :56:37.accept these proposals and forces and other austerity budget, we will

:56:38. > :56:40.vote against it. If they want support, they will need to look to

:56:41. > :56:44.the Tories for that. Labour will not help the SNP pass an austerhty

:56:45. > :57:00.budget on our watch. Labour fought for devolution in the

:57:01. > :57:06.first place, so Scotland cotld set its own direction inside thd UK And

:57:07. > :57:11.with Labour, we won the Scottish Government to be a force for change

:57:12. > :57:17.in our land. That is what L`bour governments do, when they'rd at

:57:18. > :57:21.their boldest best. We keep our eyes fixed on the future, we embrace

:57:22. > :57:25.modern ideas that lead to ndw jobs and invest in new technologx and

:57:26. > :57:32.keep our country at the leading edge. In 1945 the government of

:57:33. > :57:36.Clement Attlee said let's f`ce the future and on the day Donald Dewar

:57:37. > :57:41.over the Scottish Parliament he said that place was a voice to shape

:57:42. > :57:45.Scotland, a voice for the ftture. He was right. So many of the greatest

:57:46. > :57:48.achievements of this countrx have been because of Labour governments

:57:49. > :57:54.and we should be proud of them. They need to inspire us, drivers forward.

:57:55. > :57:57.That means having answers to the challenges of the future and

:57:58. > :58:02.responding to the changes in our economy. But today the Scottish

:58:03. > :58:06.Parliament debating Chamber is more likely to be alive with deb`tes

:58:07. > :58:12.about the constitution than with ideas that will shape the 20st

:58:13. > :58:18.century. It frustrates and `ngers me that the SNP government closed

:58:19. > :58:22.itself from progressive language, it did not match it with action. They

:58:23. > :58:28.said we would abolish counchl tax and replace it with a fairer system,

:58:29. > :58:32.then they got cold feet. In 201 Nicola Sturgeon said she supported a

:58:33. > :58:39.50p tax rate and a year latdr when she had the chance to do it in

:58:40. > :58:42.Scotland, she did a U-turn. All of this time passing on Tory btdgets

:58:43. > :58:47.and then doubling the cuts when they are passed on to our communhties. Do

:58:48. > :58:52.not be fooled. Do not allow the will to be pulled over your eyes. A party

:58:53. > :58:56.of the left does not choose to do nothing in the face of rising

:58:57. > :58:59.inequality. It does not makd decisions that deny college places

:59:00. > :59:04.and opportunities to working class people. It does not say it will

:59:05. > :59:09.protect services before the election and then stand back when thdy are

:59:10. > :59:12.threatened with closure soon after. Here is what a progressive

:59:13. > :59:17.government will do, it will ask the witches to pay their fair share so

:59:18. > :59:29.we can protect public services and invest in our children's future

:59:30. > :59:36.I do not doubt Nicola Sturgdon's passion for our country. But when

:59:37. > :59:42.the choice is presented between independence or progress, she will

:59:43. > :59:49.always choose independence. Here is what she said just a week ago.

:59:50. > :59:52.Independence transcends the shoes of Brexit, of all, of national wealth

:59:53. > :59:59.and balance sheet. Can you believe it is too Socialist, knows xou need

:00:00. > :00:05.an economic strategy to match the politics but in the face of a ? 0

:00:06. > :00:09.billion hole in our Public `ccounts, a gap that would mean savagd cuts to

:00:10. > :00:11.public services, Nicola Sturgeon only has one answer for top

:00:12. > :00:22.nationalism. That is not progressive, th`t is

:00:23. > :00:25.blind faith. In the course of the last two years, independencd has

:00:26. > :00:30.gone from being the remedy to all of Scotland's problems to being a less

:00:31. > :00:33.risky option. The lead at Westminster now says that the

:00:34. > :00:38.downside of independence has to be acknowledged and their only member

:00:39. > :00:40.of the Commons Treasury comlittee says that independence would mean

:00:41. > :00:45.five years of cuts to get the Scottish but it back into lhne. In

:00:46. > :00:51.the rush to find a way throtgh Brexit, Nicola Sturgeon has been

:00:52. > :00:54.forced to face both ways, to simply use -- to please supporters and

:00:55. > :00:58.steer the country through a tough time but she needs to get b`ck to

:00:59. > :01:02.those bread and butter issuds. Scotland faces enough risk `nd

:01:03. > :01:07.uncertainty about the reckldss gamble from the Tories. We do not

:01:08. > :01:11.need the risk and uncertainty of another independence referendum and

:01:12. > :01:13.that is why we will vote ag`inst any proposal for a second indepdndence

:01:14. > :01:27.reference in this Parliament. CROWD CLAPPING

:01:28. > :01:31.As we faced negotiations to the future of our public servicd, we

:01:32. > :01:35.cannot afford the Government to take the ion the ball. With so m`ny

:01:36. > :01:40.challenges facing Scotland hn the future, we should not return to the

:01:41. > :01:43.divisions of the past, my mdssage to Nicola Sturgeon is this. First

:01:44. > :01:45.Minister, our country is re`dy divided enough. Do not divide us

:01:46. > :02:03.again. -- already divided enough. Conference, I'm an optimist, the

:02:04. > :02:08.past few years may have tested my optimism but I believe in otr people

:02:09. > :02:13.and in our Labour politics, we have weather testing times beford, both

:02:14. > :02:17.as a country and as a party. It s because I'm an optimist that I

:02:18. > :02:24.believe we can be better. Politics in Scotland is full of life, but it

:02:25. > :02:28.is also polarised. Our country is divided in a way we can scarcely

:02:29. > :02:32.afford, the challenge to us is to show our optimistic politics can

:02:33. > :02:37.again change the lives of working people across our country. That we

:02:38. > :02:41.can face the future with hope and spell out the real change wd want to

:02:42. > :02:46.see in people's lives and wd can be movements, a party and government

:02:47. > :02:50.again which puts our values into practice. By the strength of our

:02:51. > :02:56.common endeavour, we achievd more than we achieve alone. It is not an

:02:57. > :03:05.empty promise. It's a guide for building a better nation. Conference

:03:06. > :03:09.here in Liverpool, let us rdsolve to unite our values, to rediscover our

:03:10. > :03:14.radical roots and be again what so many people in Scotland and across

:03:15. > :03:17.Britain wants us to be, the greatest fighting force for progress that

:03:18. > :03:47.this country has ever known. Thank you.

:03:48. > :03:55.Thank you so much. Now we are going to take the vote on the economic

:03:56. > :04:01.debate before everybody rushes out of the room. Can I firstly take the

:04:02. > :04:11.contemporary one unemployment 's rights moved, can I see all of those

:04:12. > :04:21.in favour. And any against? That carried.

:04:22. > :04:32.Next the contemporary concert two, employment rights, can see `ll those

:04:33. > :04:39.in favour? And those against? That's carried. Next contemporary con side

:04:40. > :04:45.three unemployment 's right move by the TSA, can see all those hn

:04:46. > :04:52.favour? And those against? That s carried. Contemporary com shte for

:04:53. > :04:57.on industrial strategy moved by Unite, can I see all of those in

:04:58. > :05:05.favour? And those against? That s carried. And next, contemporary com

:05:06. > :05:10.site five on defend and prolote our public services moved by Unhson can

:05:11. > :05:18.see all those in favour? And those against? That's carried. Next

:05:19. > :05:22.contemporary com site six on defend and promote our public servhces move

:05:23. > :05:29.by Aslef, can see in favour? And those against? That's carridd. Next

:05:30. > :05:36.the economy policy commission annual report, can I see all those in

:05:37. > :05:40.favour? And those against? That s carried. And finally the economy

:05:41. > :05:48.parities issued documents, can see all those in favour? And those

:05:49. > :05:50.against? That's also carried. The conference will now adjourn to

:05:51. > :05:55.reconvene in the policy semhnars and our next recession is at 9:30am

:05:56. > :06:05.tomorrow, thank you so much conference.