If you want a fighting, democratic union that is up to the task of

leading a fight against the ConDem governments vicious cuts, UNISON NEC ELECTIONS 2011
then please vote for the candidates below:
All Local Government members can vote for: A NEW LEADERSHIP
Glenn Kelly/Paul Couchman* Local Government Male Seat
All Health Care members can vote for:
NEEDED TO STOP THE
Len Hockey Health Care Male Seat
John Malcolm Health Care General Seat JOBS SLAUGHTER!
Elections run from 11/04/11 to 13/05/11
All members can vote for:
April Ashley Black Members Female Seat
Hugo Pierre Black Members Male Seat
Kieran Grogan National Young Members Seat
The following candidates are standing for Regional Seats:
Jean Thorpe East Midlands Female Seat
Hannah Walter Northern Female Seat
Roger Bannister North West Male Seat
Mike Forster Yorkshire & Humberside General Seat
Angie Waller Yorkshire & Humberside Female Seat
Victoria Perrin Yorkshire & Humberside Reserved Seat
*Glenn Kelly has been banned from standing for this seat. This is yet again
another indication of the undemocratic methods of the leadership. This will
be challenged, but if Glenn is not on the ballot paper we call on you to vote for
FIGHT ALL JOB CUTS
Paul Couchman.
Socialist Party members in Unison are also supporting the following United Left candidates: Bola NO TO ANY ATTACK ON
OUR PENSIONS!
George Black Members Female Seat Martin Booth Eastern Male Seat Sharon Vasselin Eastern Female
Seat Marshajane Thompson Greater London Female Seat Helen Davies Greater London Female Seat
Jon Rogers Greater London Male Seat Emilse Ocampo Medina Greater London Reserved Seat Dave
Walkden Northern Male Seat Tony Wilson North West Male Seat Bernie Gallagher North West Female
Seat Karen Reissmann North West Female Seat Sophie Smith Rudge North West Reserved Seat Duncan GET INVOLVED: EMAIL unisonsocialists@gmail.com VISIT
Smith Scotland Male Seat Diana Leach South East Female Seat Emma Macbeth South East Female
Seat Mike Tucker South East Male Seat Nigel Behan South West Male Seat Clive Shakespear West
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Midlands General Seat Vez Kirkpatrick West Midlands Female Seat Kate Aherns Health Care Female out more and help out the campaign.

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Seat Shona Greig Health Care Female Seat Carole Hanson Higher Education Female Seat Max Watson
Higher Education General Seat Kathy Smith Local Government Female Seat Phoebe Watkins Local
Government Female Seat Paul Holmes Local Government General Seat John Jones Water Environment
Transport General Seat Alec McFadden Community General Seat Dave Kuivala Energy General Seat
UNISON NEC ELECTIONS 2011: A NEW LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO STOP THE JOBS SLAUGHTER!
U NISON members, along with all other
workers in both public and private
sectors, are facing unprecedented
attacks from the Con Dem government,
local councils and employers. Nothing is
safe in their hands.
These represent by far the greatest
challenges facing the trade union
movement for decades and UNISON’s
leaders have a duty to respond boldly and
positively …or stand aside for those who will.
We’re told we’re all in this together! The
health worker witnessing the NHS being
ideologically dismantled and the council
worker being laid off while bankers
continue to coin it in with increasingly
obscene bonuses, know this is a lie. We
are being made to pay for a crisis we
didn’t cause … but we’re not prepared to
take it lying down.
UNISON needs a strategy to defeat ALL
cuts, whoever proposes them. Labour
councils who pass on Tory cuts by slashing
jobs and services are part of the problem,
not the answer. Council workers being
sacked by Labour councils will be horrified
that UNISON continues to pump £3 million
a year into the Labour Party on their
behalf. Not a penny more to New Labour!
And now, we are faced with further attacks
on our already low pensions. There is no
alternative – than to resist! UNISON must
link up with all the other public sector
unions and threaten massive industrial
action unless the plans are withdrawn.
No increases in contributions rates; no
lower benefits; no ending of final salary
schemes. Simply bleating about how
unfair they are will cut no ice with the
millionaires in the cabinet.
“I am standing as Black Members rep because we know that
black workers will be hit the hardest if the Con-Dems cuts agenda
continues. Already in my local council black female workers are
bearing the brunt of the cuts. But it’s not about sharing out the
misery equally with white male workers! The only way we can
defend ourselves and our community is to stop all cuts in jobs and
services.”
- April Ashley, UNISON NEC
U NISON is a national union – it’s time
we started to respond nationally.
Members in areas across the UK have
shown a willingness to fight the attacks
but each branch is being left to fight
alone; there is no linking of the disputes.
No worker contemplates strike action
without good reason. Many have already
realised they will only be able to protect
their jobs, pay, conditions and the
services they provide to the community if
they strike now – they want their union to
be leading them into struggle, not holding
them back.

The majority of UNISON’s current national

“Now more than ever UNISON members need a fighting executive have either no intention of
leadership prepared to stand up to the Con Dem Government and leading a fightback or don’t know how to
councils of all political colours when they attack our members.” develop a winnable strategy and organise.
- Roger Bannister, UNISON NEC We need a big influx of new blood –
activists with a proven track record of
defending members and organising to win.

You can make a difference. Elect a

• Fight all job cuts and redundancies! National action to stop the slaughter. leadership that will fight to protect your jobs
• No to ANY attack on our pensions! - vote for the candidates listed overleaf.
• No more pay freezes!
• Not a penny more of UNISON money to be given to Labour councils attacking our members
- break our ties with Labour; build a new trade union-based party.
• Stop the witchhunt of socialist in UNISON! The tens of thousands of pounds wasted on this should be
used to help build the fight against the cuts.