The National Executive Council runs UNISON and determines the union it will be. Three branch members are standing in this year’s elections:
- Dan Sartin, Branch Secretary
- Abi Holdsworth, Workplace rep
- Kiera Hilder, Young Members Officer
The branch executive committee met on 17 February to decide its nominations (a full committee meeting was not scheduled during the short 5-week nominating period). The branch executive committee decided the following were the candidates it would wish to nominate and see elected (after receiving recommended nominations from members in the health, community, Higher Education and WET service groups):
Regional NEC seats (South East)
- Dan Sartin
- Abi Holdsworth
- Jacqui Berry
- Antoinette Solera
National NEC seats
Young members
- Kiera Hilder
- Lilly Boulby
Black members
- Nimi Trivedi
- Julia Mwaluke
Service Group NEC seats
Local Government
- Diana Leach
- Jane Doolan
- Paul Holmes
- Andrea Egan
Community
- Kevin Jackson
- Saoirse Fanning
Health
- Claire Dixon
- Su Edwards
- Joe Hale
- Kevin Corran
Higher Education
- Sandy Nicoll
- Kath Owen
Water, Environment & Transport (WET)
- John Jones
Voting starts on 4 May, with postal ballot papers being mailed to members. Please take part!
A fuller account with pictures is available here.