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Headlines . Communications . Home Dave Prentis elected General Secretary of Scotland's biggest union
Voting was as follows
Dave Prentis said "I am delighted that UNISON members have given me this huge vote of confidence. I stood on a simple but sound platform of `pride in our services proud of our union'. It struck a chord." Matt Smith, UNISON's Scottish Secretary welcomed the news. "The convincing size of this vote, makes it clear that Dave is the popular choice," he said. "This is good news for Scottish Branches who nominated him in large numbers. Key issues for the membership in Scotland - campaigns against PFI, defending members against best value, support for local democracy, public sector housing, and the regulation of public utilities - have all received strong support from Dave. "It is also important for Scotland that UNISON remains a strong independent campaigning union, so we can take our message to all the parties and people of Scotland, and deliver for our members" Dave Prentis has had long term contact with Scotland, and has been instrumental in UNISON's campaigns for a Yes; Yes vote in the referendum and for the union's Serving Scotland, public services campaign. UNISON has nearly 150,000 members, working for Scotland's local councils, healthcare services, higher and further education, water authorities, energy companies and in the voluntary and related sector. See more news on this from
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Dave
Prentis, UNISON's current Deputy General Secretary,
has been elected General Secretary of Scotland's largest union. He takes
over from existing General Secretary, Rodney Bickerstaffe who retires at
the end of this year.
