National Executive Council Elections 4 April - 16 May 2005
 It
is time to choose who speaks for you. UNISON is a democratic organisation.
That means that you elect people to speak up on your behalf at every
level of the union. And the highest body in the union is the national
executive council (NEC). Scotland's membership increase means
we now have an additional seat on the NEC contested by three candidates
(see right).
As well as seats based on regional constituencies, there are also
UK wide service group seats and additional member seats, some being
contested by Scotland candidates. See
the UK site for details.
The NEC member's role is vital to how the union is run. NEC members
are ordinary members who work in the public services and, like your
stewards or branch officers, give of their time to represent you.
They are the union's top decision makers. Their knowledge, skills
and experience take your views straight to the top of the union.
Make sure you vote.
The deadline for requesting any additional papers is 12noon on
11 May. The ballot lines are open from Monday to Friday 6am to midnight
and on Saturday 9am to 4pm. Textphone users please phone 0800 0
967 968. See
more details on the UK UNISON site.
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General Secretary Election
Prentis re-elected
 Current
General Secretary Dave Prentis has been re-elected following a membership
ballot with a substantial majority. Figures were as follows:-
- Dave Prentis 184,769 (75.6%)
- Roger Bannister 41,406 (16.9%)
- Jon Rogers 18,306 (7.5%)
Dave has been the union's General Secretary since January 2001.
He said: "This is a vote of confidence in me as General Secretary
and all those who work together to unite the union around a mainstream
common agenda. The membership has endorsed that agenda and the direction
in which we have taken the union.
"Working in partnership with officers and lay members, we have
taken the union forward. UNISON is growing in strength and is a
strong, united, independent, campaigning union which puts the interests
of its members first. "UNISON will continue to stand up for UNISON
members, especially where that means tackling Government and those
who wield power. That is what members expect and that is what they
deserve.
"We will continue our campaigns to defend our members' interests,
particularly to defend their pensions, to speak up for public service
workers and for the services they provide.”
UNISONScotland had nominated Dave Prentis in the election.
Mike Kirby, UNISON Scotland Convener told branch delegates at the
union's Scottish Council Meeting that Dave was the candidate who
best represented UNISON Scotland policies.
There's no bigger role in the union than that of general secretary.
It's one of the most high-profile jobs in the country - leader of
the biggest trade union in the UK and the voice of more than 1.3
million public service workers.
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