Presentations for Irene and Lily

Two stalwart UNISON activists received presentations at December’s Scottish Council meeting. Irene Sweeney, and Lily MacNaughton.

Irene Sweeney, former UNISON Scotland Retired Member’s Secretary, came back to receive a presentation from the Council to mark her retirement.

Irene was a UNISON Branch Secretary in the Health Service before her retirement, and led UNISON to a significant role in the Scottish Pensioners Forum after becoming Scottish Retired Member’s Secretary. She gave a typically forthright speech in accepting her presentation!

Lily, who received a presentation on the occasion of her 80th birthday, has been involved with UNISON and one of our predecessor unions for all her working life - and then some!

A key activist in the Police Service when it was part of local government, she did not give up the connection when she retired, also becoming active in the Retired Member’s Committee, and Pensioners’ Forum, and just to keep her hand in, she runs the office for the Strathclyde Police and Fire Branch!

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