Unite General Secretary Election Candidates’ Election Addresses
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Unite General Secretary Election Candidates’ Election Addresses Gerard Coyne pg 2–4 Sharon Graham pg 5–7 Steve Turner pg 8–11 Ballot papers must be returned to Civica Election Services, The Election Centre, 33 Clarendon Road, London N8 0NW to arrive no later than noon on Monday 23 August 2021. These addresses have been submitted by nominees in accordance with the Ballot Rules. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEW OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OR THE POLICY OF THE UNION. Any civil or criminal liability in respect of the publishing of these election addresses under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 rests SOLELY WITH THE CANDIDATES CONCERNED. Further details about the election are available on the Union’s website. R0745_4_P2 UNITE GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTION GERARD COYNE WM/6090 SANDWELL LOCAL I am standing to change Unite, so we put you – the members – first once again. I joined our Union over 35 years ago. I worked 28 years for Unite, including 16 years as Regional Secretary. I won union recognition agreements, pay deals and disputes for members across every sector. My trade unionism has always been about making a practical difference to jobs, pay and conditions. After standing in the 2017 General Secretary election, I was dismissed from my employment with Unite. They thought I was finished but I never went away. I’m fighting harder than ever to put our members first. We need real change now, because Unite has been going down the wrong path. • We have lost tens of thousands of members since 2017 and our current approach to ‘organising’ in the modern economy isn’t working. • We have been distracted by messing about in Westminster politics and being the backseat driver of the Labour Party. • We have wasted your hard-earned money and spent £98 million on a hotel and conference centre. We should be a trade union, not a property developer. This must all change. If you elect me I will: • Put Unite’s legal, financial and industrial muscle behind you: defending your job, pay and conditions above everything else. • Freeze your membership subs for two years and clean up Unite’s finances so you get better value for money. • Ensure you get better and quicker help from the Union when you need it, online or by phone 24/7. • Give Reps and Branches secure IT equipment, more training and better legal support. • Create a £10m Unite Skills Fund to help you and your family gain the real skills – including proper apprenticeships – that you need for the future. • Reinstate Honorary Membership for retired members, and level up membership benefits for all retired plus members. • Deliver more for women members with equal pay audits and zero tolerance of harassment and abuse in the workplace. • Support Black and Asian Ethnic Minority members to secure full representation, and challenge racism and discrimination of all kinds. Your vote can deliver the change we need. Vote for a union we can all be proud of. I am the only candidate in this election who is not backed by a political organisation within Unite. If you elect me as General Secretary, my loyalty will be to you not to any narrow political faction. You won’t see me playing student politics with your Union. I am the only candidate in this election who has called for an independent and published inquiry into Unite’s £98m hotel and conference centre. I will stop the next phase of this development so we waste no more of your money. I am the only candidate in this election who is not currently a senior, serving officer of the Union. The only candidate who has stood up and spoken out. The only candidate who represents real change, not more of the same. I have now been nominated by branches and workplaces across the whole of our Union. I’m deeply proud of this. If you elect me, I will repay your trust and rebuild Unite across the whole of Britain, Ireland and Gibraltar. We must meet the challenges of the post-Covid economy, where technology and ways of working are changing fast. If you want real change, so that we can focus again on defending our members’ jobs, pay and conditions, then please use your vote for me. You can read my full manifesto at www.gerardcoyne.org.uk All the best Gerard Coyne 2 UNITE GENERAL SECRETARY ELECTION Gerard Coyne Nominating Branches: East Midlands EM/DE13 Rolls Royce Nuclear Power, EM/DE16 Derbyshire County Council, EM/DE22 DS Smith Derby, EM/DE31 DHL C/O Thorntons, EM/DE53 Nestle UK Ltd, EM/LE17 Benson Box, EM/LE19 Leicestershire GPM Branch, EM/LE56 Western Power Distribution, EM/LN05 Siemens Lincoln – EMS Sector Branch, EM/LN12 GPM/IT Sector Lincolnshire, EM/LN43 Central Lincolnshire, EM/NG22 Crown Sutton, EM/NN27 Cummins Engines Daventry Workplaces: Crown – Braunstone, Multi Packaging Solutions – Leicester, Siemens Industrial Turbo Machinery Ltd, Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Warners Midlands Plc Ireland NI/B0001 Lisburn Borough Council, NI/B0012 Belfast 1 (1916), NI/B0048 General Print & Technology, NI/B1001 Ballymena Branch (x53) Workplaces: Education Authority North East Region, Multi Packaging Solutions (Chesapeake) London and Eastern LE/0369 Heathrow Airport Fire Services, LE/376 Arriva London North – Palmers Green, LE/427 Parliamentary and Constituency Staff, LE/0758 Criminal Justice Managers, LE/900 Royal College of Midwives, LE/975 Labour Party, LE/1948 HAL CAMPUS BRANCH, LE/2020 BA GSS Loading, LE/0030M Imperial College, LE/0052M Childrens Society, LE/0369M Cambridge Medical, LE/7103L Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, LE/7133L East London Financial Services, LE/LS13 South East London Financial Services, LE/LS17 South West London Financial Services, LE/LS23 RBS Central London Campus, LE/LS50 Bank Of England Workplaces: Momentum services ltd North East, Yorkshire and Humberside NE/202/50 Beatson Clark – Rotherham, NE/204/1 Drax Power Ltd, NE/204/2 Yorkshire Water, NE/204/5 Northern Powergrid, NE/204/9 Hartlepool Power Station, NE/204/11 Yorkshire & Humber Energy & Utilities, NE/302/29 Arriva Belmont (Durham), NE/407/13 Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, NE/GEO/22 Huddersfield Geographical Branch, NE/GEO/35 Grimsby Geographical Workplaces: CM (Vehicle Delivery Service) Ltd (North East Region), Unilever Ltd (Leeds), YM Chantry Print (Wakefield) North West NW/0065 Barrow (Manual), NW/105 Electricity North West, NW/109 Barclays Bank – Manchester Area, NW/0176 Burnley, NW/466 Veoila, NW/0604 Manchester Construction, NW/0606 Manchester Social Action & Youth Workers, NW/681 Arriva Green Lane Liverpool, NW/1460 National Assn of Licensed House Managers, NW/1920 AMPS – Assn of Managerial & Professional Staffs, NW/5514 Trinity Mirror – Oldham, NW/11401 Barclays Bank – Gadbrook Park, NW/13302 First Vantage (First Manchester) Bolton, NW/0401M Barrow Staff, NW/0657M Wigan General, NW/8-335 Pirelli, NW/NW16 Barclays Bank – Radbroke Site Cheshire Workplaces: Futaba Manufacturing UK Ltd Scotland SC/51/155 Whyte & Mackay, SC/60/15 South Ayrshire Council, SC/86/30 British Nuclear Fuels Ltd, SC/157/EDF EDF Hunterston B Unite Branch, SC/157/SPIRITAERO Spirit Aerosystems Branch, SC/162/EDF Unite – EDF Torness branch, SC/177/RMA RMA Branch – Highlands, SC/215 Dounreay, SC/600/3 East Dunbartonshire Council, SC/SC21 RBS Technology Edinburgh Workplaces: Chesapeake – East Kilbride South East SE/6267 RSPCA National Branch, SE/6304 Martin Baker Aerospace South West SW/051 Guernsey Area Branch, SW/8012 MOD & Contractors – Babcock DSG Warminster, SW/8062 Siemens – Poole, SW/8084 First Bus – Weston Super Mare, SW/8112 Friends Life Centre, SW/8137 Cooper Avon Tires, SW/8164 Muller, SW/8177 Arconic, SW/8215 University of Bristol, SW/8253 Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, SW/8301 MoD Fire & Rescue Service, SW/011408 Taunton Area Health Sector Branch Workplaces: Princess Elizabeth Hospital Wales WA/B2094 Wepa UK Ltd, WA/B4048 South East Wales General Branch, WA/B4080 Tri-Wall Europe West Midlands WM/5202 Birmingham Retired Members, WM/5203 Black Country Retired Members, WM/5205 Coventry & Warwickshire Retired Members, WM/5206 Stoke & North Staffs Retired Members, WM/5208 Tamworth Retired Members, WM/6010 Birmingham Central Local, WM/6040 Burton on Trent Local, WM/6060 Dudley Local, WM/6090 Sandwell Local, WM/6100 Shrewsbury & Shropshire Local, WM/6110 Stoke on Trent Local, WM/6130 Telford Local, WM/6141 Cannock Local, WM/6150 Wolverhampton Local, WM/6151 Willenhall Area Local/NULMW, WM/6503 Birmingham & Black Country RTC & Distribution, WM/6506 Stoke & North Staffs RTC & Distribution, WM/6601 Birmingham Finance Sector, WM/6901 Motor Components Coventry & Warwickshire, WM/7001 Wrekin Housing Trust, WM/7010 William King Ltd, WM/7029 DHL Hams Hall, WM/7046 GE Energy Rugby, WM/7049 CHAMBERLAIN & HILL CASTINGS, WM/7050 Bridge Aluminium, WM/7052 National Express (Walsall), WM/7053 BOC, WM/7059 Goodyear Tyre, WM/7062 National Express (Pensnett), WM/7069 Arconic \ Alcoa, WM/7079 Fedex Stoke, WM/7082 First Potteries, WM/7086 National Express (Acocks Green/ Bordsley Green), WM/7109 Marstons – Wolverhampton, WM/7112 Marstons – Burton On Trent, WM/7131 Hoyer UK, WM/7132 National Express (Wolverhampton Garage), WM/7137 Mueller Europe Inc, WM/7141 Michelin Tyre, WM/7142 Fuchs Lubricants, WM/7154 National Express (West Bromwich Garage), WM/7174 RAF Shawbury Site Services Branch, WM/7175 Peugeot Citroen Staff & Retirees, WM/7187 Western Power Distribution Branch, WM/7200 Doncasters Shrewsbury, WM/7210 MOD Donnington Site, WM/7222 Diamond Bus Company, WM/7228 Assa Abloy, WM/7241 UTC Aerospace – Marston