Monday, September 07, 2015

UNISON NEC nominates Dave Prentis as candidate for General Secretary 2015

Nominations opened last week for the election of Unison's next General Secretary.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of UNISON met on Wednesday and voted overwhelmingly(2:1) to nominate and re-elect Dave Prentis.

The NEC is the Parliament of UNISON (outside our National Conference) and is made up of lay member elected representatives from all over the union.

Elsewhere NHS Glasgow Clyde and CVS branch - which is Unison's biggest UK branch with over 17,000 members voted to nominate Dave. As have University College London Hospitals, Wakefield Local Government, UNISON North Wales Health and Aneurin Bevan Health Branch.

The Northern Ireland regional council has agreed to nominate him and the National Disabled Members Committee has announced its endorsement.

Check out Dave's key pledges here http://www.votedaveprentis.org.uk/pledges/ and encourage your branch to nominate him.

Also his facebook page "Vote for Dave 2015".

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