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SERTUC Directory.Pdf More than two million trade union members live and work in London, the South East and the East of England. Each and every one of them has made a personal decision to join a collective to defend and extend their and other workers’ rights at work. We have 60,000 reps in our workplaces, who carry their expertise and values into the communities in which they live. The Government’s austerity programme is not fair, it is not necessary – in fact it is plain stupid and very nasty. No economy like ours in all history has ever cut its way out of a recession. Alongside community groups and service users we must create dynamic coalitions and smart campaigns to defend jobs and services. We have an alternative strategy that that will create jobs and increase social justice and we must campaign to gain more traction for it and foreword confidence in it. Anything and everything that workers have Effective communication is a critical feature of gained was won by organisation, campaigning effective campaigning. SERTUC has produced and struggle – not gifted to us by enlightened this third Regional Directory as a tool to bosses or progressive governments. increase contact between unions, as well as to facilitate contact between unions, trades Today we face the greatest challenge to the councils, community groups and service users. interests of the working class for a generation. In a few months the Coalition Government has The SERTUC regional office is always willing to shelved whatever industrial strategy we had. It offer advice as to whom a union should contact has announced the abolition of the Regional to further joint working. This Directory is not Development Agencies and Government intended to substitute or usurp that role. Not Offices for the Regions, it has destabilised the always, but often, SERTUC staff will have NHS, announcing a real terms cut in its budget additional knowledge about ongoing and preparing the ground for rampant campaigns, about unions’ priorities, about privatisation. It has slashed spending in higher which officer has a particular expertise or and further education and approved a 275 per interest or which trades council has had a cent increase in tuition fees, it has announced a related campaign. So this Directory should cut in budget per head of spending in 80 per increase enquiries to the SERTUC office not cent of secondary schools and 60 per cent of reduce them. primary schools, it has attacked universal The SERTUC Regional Council is a campaigning benefits and it has stigmatised and further body. The Executive Committee and the impoverished the poor by imposing wage Regional Secretary are determined to do what freezes in the public sector and by targeting we can to increase the capacity of unions to them for £18 billion of spending cuts, including campaign effectively and successfully and I trust the devastating housing benefit cuts. that this Directory will be a valuable tool. And in the workplace the Government has These are terrible times but the trade union threatened to sweep away the health and movement is hardened precisely for this safety systems that are already inadequate and challenge. A better world is possible and more gleefully announced 1.6 million public and than ever, trade unionism is the hope of the private sector job losses derived from the cuts world. announced in the Comprehensive Spending Martin Gould Review. The challenges we face are massive – SERTUC President but look at our assets. THE TUC IN LONDON, THE SOUTH EAST AND EASTERN REGION 1 sertuc office team The Southern and Eastern Regional Council of bodies, and campaigns for Congress policy. the Trades Union Congress represents TUC There are four members of staff: Megan affiliated trade unions in London, the South Dobney Regional Secretary; Laurie Heselden East and the East of England. SERTUC directly Campaigns and Policy Officer; Darren Lewis represents the interest of those unions’ two Administrative Secretary, and Joanne Adams million plus members, who live and work in this Administrative Assistant. Email addresses are region, and works on behalf of all working first name initial followed by people and their families. [email protected]. Unions and county associations of trades This is the third SERTUC regional directory – councils nominate delegates to the Regional many thanks to those unions that responded Council, which meets quarterly to discuss both for their help in establishing contact points for how to achieve policy determined at the our, and your, work. national Trade Union Congress, and to make The nature of our movement means that almost specific policies on regional issues. as soon as the information is committed to The SERTUC AGM elects an Executive paper it is out of date. Therefore we shall be Committee that meets monthly, and officers – a posting a pdf version on our website President, two Vice-Presidents, and a Treasurer. (www.tuc.org.uk/sertuc) which we will keep SERTUC has a number of equality and industrial updated – so keep us informed. sub-groups, to which unions and county I hope the information is helpful to affiliates associations of trades councils send delegates. and partner organisations and I particularly These advise the Regional Council. want to thank Thompsons Solicitors for their The SERTUC office administers the Regional important support for the project. Council, delivers services to the affiliates, Megan Dobney represents the TUC in relations with public SERTUC Regional Secretary 2 SERTUC Community and Trade Union Learning Centre sertuc CTU, The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust 39 Brookmill Road, Deptford, London SE8 4HU unionlearn 020 8100 2826 Philip Spry manager Unionlearn, established in May 2006 under the [email protected] auspices of the TUC, integrated SERTUC Tanya Nelson project worker Learning Services and TUC Education boosting [email protected] support for union reps and learners in general. Tina McArdle admin/receptionist The Southern and Eastern Regional Council [email protected] helps shape the region’s learning and skills policy and the unionlearn Regional Manager Senior Union Support Officers works with the Regional Secretary to actively Stuart Barber engage unions in this work. 020 7467 1385 [email protected] Regional Manager Mick Hadgraft 020 7467 1298 [email protected] Barry Francis is responsible for the strategic and operational development of activities around Union Support Officers workforce development, reps and officer Oreleo Du Cran training, and lifelong learning. He is based in 020 7467 1368 [email protected] Congress House. Adrian Ryan 020 7467 1209 [email protected] 020 7467 1339 [email protected] Regional Education Officers Joanna Lucyszyn 020 7467 1397 [email protected] The Regional Education Officers are based in Congress House and organise accredited Administration courses for union reps, safety reps, union Sonia Dawson administrative secretary learning reps, pension scheme trustees and 020 7467 1251 [email protected] other union representatives, as well as providing bespoke courses to meet the specific needs of administrators unions. They are also responsible for the Johanna Garcia 020 7467 1342 delivery of the union officers’ programme in the Jaspal Ghtoray 020 7467 1248 region. Rob Hancock 020 7467 1369 [email protected] Theresa Daly 020 7467 1238 [email protected] Regional Union Development Co-ordinator Jon Tennison, the Regional Union Development Co-ordinator, is based in Congress House and manages the Senior Union Support Officers, Union Support Officers and Administrators. In conjunction with the Regional Manager he is responsible for operations in lifelong learning and workforce development. 020 7467 1212 [email protected] THE TUC IN LONDON, THE SOUTH EAST AND EASTERN REGION 3 deputy general secretary Fiona Steele trade [email protected] AEP unions Association of Educational Psychologists main trades educational psychologists in local educational authorities and other public and Accord private organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland main trades Lloyds Banking Group, Equitable Life Assurance Society head office 4 The Riverside Centre Frankland Lane, Durham DH1 5TA head office Simmons House, 46 Old Bath Road 0191 384 9512 Charvil, Reading, Berks RG10 9QR [email protected] www.aep.org.uk 01189 341 808 [email protected] www.accord-myunion.org general secretary Kate Fallon general secretary Ged Nichols president John Drewicz 01189 347 886 07973 642 592 regional officer south Morag Ward 0118 970 6927 07786 015 312 key contact for SERTUC Alison Thoburn [email protected] 07826 550 398 [email protected] AFA Advance Association of Flight Attendants main trades airline cabin crew main trades and industries all staff employed in Santander and Santander businesses in the UK head office AFA Council 07, United Airlines Cargo Centre, Shoreham Road East, Heathrow head office 2nd floor, 16-17 High Street Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex TW6 3UA Tring, Herts HP23 5AH 020 8276 6723 01442 891 122 [email protected] www.afanet.org [email protected] www.advance-union.org president Charles Einloth Jr general secretary Linda Rolph vice president/secretary Lisa Stern chair Caroline Stevens ASLEF vice chair Susan Grundy Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers deputy general secretary Rose O’Neill and Firemen [email protected] main trades railways (drivers, operational assistant general secretaries supervisors and staff) Jim Leonard [email protected] Gerard Moloney head office 77 St John Street, Clerkenwell
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