UNISON’s National Executive Council runs our union and determines the kind of union we are and can become. It is made up of 68 UNISON lay members just like you!
NEC elections this year are hugely important to determine whether UNISON succeeds and wins for you at work and on pay.
How the election works:
Voting will be from 21 April to 21 May.
Lookout for your ballot paper which will be posted to your home address.
Members can vote in all the regional seats and all the national Black and disabled member seats, regardless of your own ethnicity or whether you consider yourself disabled or not.
Members will only be able to vote for the service group candidates for the service group you are a member of e.g. Higher Education only. And members only get a vote in the Young Member seats if you are under 30 years old.
Members are strongly encouraged to use all the votes available to them.
Who your branch has nominated:
UNISON, like any organisation, needs to change and adapt to new conditions if it is to succeed. Your branch committee believes that the candidates we nominated will continue to see through the kind of changes we need in UNISON and will deliver on their promises.
- UNISON must be a member-led union – this means that elected members should run our union, not appointed full-time officials. Elected members must be the real leaders.
- We need to be an organising, not a servicing, union – we cannot solve all of our members’ problems on a one-by-one basis. Members will always need individual support, but the focus should be on collective action.
- The pay crisis – UNISON must end the scourge of low pay. We need to deliver on national pay negotiations. We cannot simply approach pay negotiations the way that UNISON’s leadership has done in the past.
- UNISON should play a positive but challenging role with the Labour Government. We should promote UNISON policy on public services, and not accept austerity as inevitable from any government.
Take part in UNISON’s NEC elections. It’s your union, so have your say in how it’s run!
Below are the nominations your branch has made for the NEC elections.
UNISON Higher Education Service Group Member’s seats:
Name: Kath Owen
Name of seat: Higher Education, Female
Name: Jo Tapper
Name of seat: Higher Education, General
UNISON Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Members’ seats:
Name: Tony Wright
Name of seat: Yorks & Humb – Male
Name: Greta Holmes
Name of seat: Yorks & Humber – Female
Name: Julie Forgan
Name of seat: Yorks & Humber – Female
Name: Jayne Bouskill
Name of seat: Yorks & Humber – Reserved
UNISON Black Members’ seats:
Name: Amerit Raid
Name of seat: Black Members – Male
Name: Antonia Bright
Name of seat: Black Members – Female
Name: Julia MwAluke
Name of seat: Black Members – Reserved
Name: Tara Thomas
Name of seat: Disabled Members – General
UNISON Young Members’ seats:
Name: Micaela Tracey-Ramos
Name of seat: Young Members – Female
Name: Cameron Thompson
Name of seat: Young Members – General
