He is running an independent socialist campaign to be general secretary after missing out on the Action Broad Left nomination. Thatcher abolished the ILEA and I got a job in Camden and have been the education convener ever since 1990 – first for NALGO and then for Unison. We’re so grateful for your donation and will make sure your money goes as far as possible. chipping in as little as £1 a week to help us survive? We’ve lost something like a million jobs in local government and our union’s voice hasn’t been heard and we haven’t been seen to be fighting those job losses. |   Party, Subscribe   Christina McAnea has today been elected as general secretary of UNISON, the UK’s largest union. Hugo Pierre for Unison general secretary For a fighting, democratic general secretary, on a workers' wage! The data that's been released shows that one of the fastest growing areas for the spread of this virus, one of the fastest growing age groups, is among secondary school children. That has to change. But there’s a problem: we need readers like you to chip in to help us survive. Not a penny more to cutters and privatisers.". The TUC accepted 80% but why should people be restricted to 80% pay? Starmer has laid down a clear challenge to the trade union movement. Socialists in the Unison union were feeling encouraged this week after left candidate Paul Holmes ... Assistant general secretary Roger McKenzie managed 14,450 votes and Hugo Pierre … Schools are at the heart of our local communities, but they are also, unfortunately, the centre of many of the outbreaks of infections that are taking place. The Socialist 28 October 2020   | Women workers need strong trade unions to defend their jobs, pay and services. So in respect of them having a senior position in the union, it’s absolutley true. The Tories to date have successfully used Labour, Plaid Cymru and SNP councillors to do their dirty work for them. And it shows the other candidates are completely out of touch with the mood of members and what we need. The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. He attempted to receive the Action Broad Left nomination however lost to Holmes, he is running an independent socialist campaign. He wants to lead Unison and says it's "ducked out" of the battles its faced. However, we know that in and of itself that is not going to be enough, and as trade unions we will have to do what we normally do to keep people safe. Il est passé par les centres de formation de l’IFR Châteauroux et de l’Olympique Marseille. Unison members have just elected their service group executive leaderships (SGEs), the bodies that oversee pay and conditions of service negotiations in service groups, including local government, health, higher education and energy. At the end of the day, we need a national ballot on industrial action to win that and that’s not something we should shy away from. Of course, we want to meet with whoever it was to get the money for our members need that we need – but just meeting and discussing doesn’t always get the results that you want. In 2011, we had the chance, there was two million public sector workers on strike over pensions and unfortunately Unison brokered a deal with the government which meant our pensions were worse than they were before 2011. That’s patronising and misogynistic, says Christina McAnea, Unison: Nationalise the big six and create a ‘green army’ to help the UK hit net zero, Outsourced Unison staff at UCL win better terms in time for Christmas. The Con-Dem Government plans to axe our jobs, privatise our services, hold down our pay, slash our pensions and cut public services. If the funding of social care (as has been the case in the past) and public health was protected, other services such as housing, planning and environmental services would face cuts of 54%! Very importantly, if Labour councillors won't implement Unison policy, then Hugo calls for branches to have the right to decide democratically to support other labour movement candidates who will, even if they are not in the Labour Party. I’ve also been elected to the national schools committee for a long time. With this in mind, as of 26 August 2020, the alphabetical list of prospective candidates is as follows: Paul Holmes, Christina McAnea, Roger McKenzie, Hugo Pierre and Peter Sharma. ", Jeremy Corbyn at 2016 Unison conference photo Paul Mattsson   (Click to enlarge). Corbyn suspended: Join the fightback, join the socialists, Home   Whatever you can donate, we’re so grateful - and we will ensure your money goes as far as possible to deliver hard-hitting news. 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