National Executive Election
3 April - 28 April 2017 - Join in, speak
Up, be counted. Use your vote.
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).
The City of Edinburgh Branch nominated
the following candidates
Scotland Female Seat
Kate Ramden (Aberdeenshire)
Kate Ramsden is a well known activist in her
branch and in UNISON Scotland. She is a children’s
rights officer. As Branch chair she is involved
in representation and negotiation, giving her
direct experience of the issues affecting members.
Kate believes in a strong voice for members.
She is an elected member of Scottish Committee
and Scottish Council so has been active in shaping
Scottish UNISON policy and putting it into practice.
She is passionate about social justice and equality
and believes that unions have a central role
to play in creating a fairer and more equal
society for all
Scotland Region Male Seat
Tam Waterson (Lothian Health Branch)
Tam is from our sister NHS branch and is standing
on a very clear platform of defending and building
public services. He will oppose cuts in funding
and cuts in service delivery whether in the
NHS, local authority services, the police, the
utilities or other public services. Public service
workers did not cause the economic crisis and
they should not be paying for it. Job cuts,
pay freezes, attacks on our pensions are not
acceptable and must be opposed. As a trade union
he believes we must also work closely with community
groups as we defend our services.
Scotland General Seat
Duncan Smith (City of Edinburgh Branch)
Duncan is our own Branch Chair and has been
active in the branch for many years. He is standing
on a platform of
• A UK co-ordinated response using the
full force of UNISON against cuts, privatisation,
pay freeze and attacks on our terms and conditions
• No more leaving branches to fight austerity
attacks alone
• Break the 1% public sector pay cap
• An accountable UK leadership that puts
members first
• UNISON to punch its weight. Fight austerity
with action not just words
Scotland Region Reserved Seat
Maggie Cook (Falkirk Branch) unopposed
Local Government General Seat
Paul Holmes (Kirklees Branch)
Local Government Male Seat
Paul Gilroy (Newcastle City Branch)
Community General Seat
John Gray (Housing Association Branch)
John is currently the Community NEC General
seat representative and has been an activist
in UNISON for many years and held a number of
branch and regional positions including Treasurer,
Health & Safety, Welfare, Labour Link, International
officer and Assistant Secretary. He works
as a Housing officer and is the Branch Secretary
of the Greater London Housing Associations Branch
which has over 3000 Community members.
Community Female Seat
Denise Charles (Ymlaen/Forward Branch)
Denise has a background as a support worker
for women fleeing domestic abuse. As a Branch
Secretary she set up a steward’s network
to mentor workplace activists and representatives.
On the SGE she has championed equalities and
tackling low pay in the sector.
Black Members Female Seat
April Ashley (Southwark Branch)
Disabled Members Female Seat
Pam Howard (Warrington Branch)
Young Members Seat
Josie Runswick (Bolton, Salford &
Trafford Mental Health Branch)
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.
If individual members have not received a paper
by 11 April then they should contact the ballot
helpline operated by UNISONdirect on the following
telephone number: 0800 0 857 857.
Members should try to have their membership
number to hand when telephoning.
See
more details on the UK UNISON site.
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