Vote to reunite our union!
This week ballot papers are being sent out for the election of the new Unite Executive Council (EC). The importance of this election for the future of our union cannot be overstated.
Together with the election for the General Secretary - which will follow quickly on the heels of the EC election - the future of our union for the following years will be defined.
Reunite is urging all members to vote for candidates from the Members United slate together with a number of other Industrial Independent candidates.
The EC is the governing body of our union and it is responsible for oversight, direction and accountability. As evidenced by rulings of the Certification Officer and the need of a majority of the outgoing EC to take legal action in the last period, Sharon Graham and her supporters have no respect whatsoever for the EC and the rule book.
They believe the EC is at best a body to be ignored, circumvented, or bludgeoned into submission, and at worst - as one of her EC supporters said in official meetings - believe it should be abolished altogether so that Sharon Graham can rule as an elected dictator with no restraints.
There are serious questions about the state of our finances. Staff and officer morale is at rock bottom - as seen in the current officers' ballot for industrial action. Our union is directionless and isolated in the wider movement.
It is absolutely essential that we return an EC that will stabilise our union and work to prevent more wrongdoing. This wont be done by electing a slate of candidates whose first priority is blind loyalty to their Dear Leader.
Never has our union been so divided and dysfunctional as it is now, but this election gives us the chance to push the reset and get a fresh start.
Our members will face massive challenges in the coming months and years. We need our union to be united and in great shape to face those challenges.
It's time to pull together and reunite.
Time to end the wrong doing and start respecting lay member control.
Time for a fresh start and a new beginning.
Vote for the slate of Members United and Industrial Independents as per below:
Candidates endorsed by Reunite:
Debbie Dempsey – Automotive
Craig McDonald – Automotive
Mark Porter - Aerospace and Shipbuilding
Kyle Robinson - Aerospace and Shipbuilding
Cliff Bowen – Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Process & Textiles
Kingsley Abrams – Community, Youth Workers and Not for Profit
Richard Crease – Docks, Ferries, Rail and Waterways
Ken Drury – Education
Mark Jones – Energy and Utilities
Martin Foster – Engineering, Manufacturing & Steel
Matt Gould – Food, Drink and Agriculture
Monique Mosley - Food, Drink and Agriculture
Beth Wells – Finance & Legal
Tom Murphy – Graphical Paper Media & Information Technology
Ian Evans – Health
Ucheoma Ugoji - Health
Mark Boothroyd - Health
Brian Robertson – Local Authorities
Clare Rudge – Local Authorities
Paul Ainsworth – Passenger Transport
Patrica Davis – Passenger Transport
Wayne Simmons - Civil Air Transport
Davy McCord - Road Transport Commercial, Logistics & Warehousing
Andy Prickett - Road Transport Commercial, Logistics & Warehousing
Thomas Glavin – Construction
Stuart Grice – Construction
Keith Wilmer - Government, Defence, Prisons & Contractors
Anne Marie Toal - Services
Daniel Friel - Services
Equalities:
Mohammed Ajaz – Black and Asian Ethnic Minorities
Dean Collins – Disabled members
Lottie Mannion – LGBT+
Trevor Vaughan – Retired members
Tricia James - Women
Nick Troy - Young Members
Regional:
Dawn Borthwick – East Midlands
Raffiq Moosa – East Midlands
Marie Casey - Ireland
Paula Brennan – London & Eastern
Mark Dunne – London & Eastern
Owen Scarlett-Gilpin – London & Eastern
Getaneh Tesfaye - London & Eastern
Michelle Smith – North East, Yorkshire and Humber
Richard Wileman - North East, Yorkshire and Humber
Sarah Mountaine – North West
Chris Neville – North West
Stephen Payne - Scotland
Sylvia Stewart - Scotland
David Elson – South East
Polly Richardson – South East
Kait Duerden - Wales
David Imre – Wales
Jackie Goode – West Midlands
Ryan Hodgson – West Midlands
Patrick Russell – West Midlands
