Motion – Cambridge Congestion Charge
1. This Committee supports the objectives behind the proposed congestion charge of clean air in
Cambridge and the huge improvement to the public transport network
2. This Committee cannot support the congestion charge in its current format and as a Unite the
Union trades union Committee representing members employed in the city of Cambridge cannot
accept this additional charge levied against our members who must drive to work
3. This Committee believes that the cost of environmental improvements in the city should fall on
employers and not the workers
4. This Committee notes that the Greater Cambridge Partnership/Cambridgeshire County Council
consultation process has been designed around employers and that workers and their trades unions
have not been meaningfully engaged with
5. This Committee calls for the labour party to suspend all congestion charge proposals and call a
conference of workers groups and climate change activists in Cambridgeshire to discuss
modifications to these proposals
6. This Committee agrees to send this motion to the Cambridge and District trades council, the
Cambridge labour party, the South Cambridgeshire labour party and Unite London and Eastern
region
Marshall Aerospace JSSC
Motion – Cambridge Congestion Charge
1. This Branch supports the objectives behind the proposed congestion charge of clean air in
Cambridge and the huge improvement to the public transport network
2. This Branch cannot support the congestion charge in its current format and as a Unite the Union
trades union Committee representing members employed in the city of Cambridge cannot accept
this additional charge levied against our members who must drive to work
3. This Branch believes that the cost of environmental improvements in the city should fall on
employers and not the workers
4. This Branch notes that the Greater Cambridge Partnership/Cambridgeshire County Council
consultation process has been designed around employers and that workers and their trades unions
have not been meaningfully engaged with
5. This Branch calls for the labour party to suspend all congestion charge proposals and call a
conference of workers groups and climate change activists in Cambridgeshire to discuss
modifications to these proposals
6. This Committee agrees to send this motion to the Cambridge and District trades council, the
Cambridge labour party, the South Cambridgeshire labour party and Unite London and Eastern
region
Marshall Aerospace Branch LE/7129E
