UNISON’s National Executive Council runs our union and determines the kind of union we are and can become. It is made up of 68 UNISON members just like you! NEC elections this year are hugely important to determine whether UNISON succeeds and wins for you at work and on pay.
UNISON UoB branch nominations
Young Members’ Seats – Female Seat
Micaela Tracey RAMOS
Young Members’ Seats – General Seat
Cameron THOMPSON
Black Members’ Seats – Female Seats
Antonia BRIGHT
and
April ASHLEY
Black Members’ Seats – Male Seat
Amerit RAIT
Black Members’ Seats – Reserved Seat
Julia MWALUKE
Disabled Members’ Seats – Female Seat
Ellie WAPLE
Disabled Members’ Seats – General Seat
Michael CRAIG
South West Region – Female Seat
Becky BROOKMAN
South West Region – General Seat
Mark WAREHAM
Higher Education Service Group – Female Seat
Kath OWEN
Higher Education Service Group – General Seat
Joanne TAPPER
How the election works
Voting will be from 21 April to 21 May. Lookout for your ballot paper which will be posted to your home address. If you have moved recently or think your address may be out of date, please ensure you update your address at https://www.unison.org.uk/my-unison/
Members can vote in all the regional seats and all the national Black and disabled member seats, regardless of your own ethnicity or whether you consider yourself disabled or not.
Members will only be able to vote for the service group candidates for the service group you are a member of e.g. Higher Education only. And members only get a vote in the Young Member seats if you are under 30 years old.
Members are strongly encouraged to use all the votes available to them.
Who University of Bristol Unison branch is backing
UNISON, like any organisation, needs to change and adapt to new conditions if it is to succeed. University of Bristol Unison branch believes that the candidates we nominated will continue to see through the kind of changes we need in UNISON and will deliver on their promises.
- UNISON must be a member-led union – this means that elected members should run our union, not appointed full-time officials. Elected members must be the real leaders.
- We need to be an organising, not a servicing, union – we cannot solve all of our members’ problems on a one-by-one basis. Members will always need individual support, but the focus should be on collective action.
- The pay crisis – UNISON must end the scourge of low pay. We need to deliver on national pay negotiations. We cannot simply approach pay negotiations the way that UNISON’s leadership has done in the past.
- UNISON should play a positive but challenging role with the Labour Government. We should promote UNISON policy on public services, and not accept austerity as inevitable from any government.
- We must review UNISON’s main legal services contract and particularly the difficulties branches have accessing timely employment law advice.
That’s why University of Bristol Unison Branch is backing these candidates below.
Take part in UNISON’s NEC elections. It’s your union, so have your say in how it’s run!