17. ATOS AND THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2014
That this Conference notes that
sponsors of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow include Atos. Atos has been
the object of sustained campaigning by disability rights activists, for its
conduct of Work Capability Assessment on behalf of the Con-Dem Coalition, with
goal of driving people with disabilities off benefits.
Conference believes Atos
should not be allowed to exploit the Commonwealth Games as a source of
publicity.
Conference continue to condemn the attacks on the most vulnerable in
our society by the Coalition Government and their assessment provider, Atos
Healthcare. Conference accepts that over 40 per cent of the assessments carried
out on disability benefit claimants by the back to work assessor Atos are flawed
and unacceptable.
Conference welcomes the efforts of the Black Triangle
Campaign, Disabled People Against Cuts ( DPAC ) and other campaigning
organisations, to highlight the effects of the attacks on Scottish people and
deplores that, despite Govmt claims to the contrary, the Work Capabilty and
Personal Independence Payment Assessment is clearly target driven.
Conference
calls on the STUC Disabled Workers Committee to: lobby the Scottish Govmt to
ensure that health boards resources are not being used to deliver draconian DWP
assessment contracts further lobby the Scottish Government to ensure that all
the assessment’ contracts have to be taken back inside the DWP write to the
Board and Executive Team of Glasgow 2014, calling on them to cancel Atos
sponsorship of the Games write to Glasgow City Labour Group urging them to
support that Atos should not be accepted as a sponsor of the Games and support
campaigning by disability rights groups against Atos sponsorship of the Games.
Moved by Unite the Union.
Passed Unanimously.
DPAC
