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              <h2>Feb 2010 <br>
                <font color="#400080">Branch agrees to nominate Dave 
                Prentis for General Secretary</font></h2>
              <p><b><img src="../graphics/daveelection.jpg" width="188" height="232" align="left" alt="Dave Prentis" border="1">The 
                Branch Committee of 4th Feb has agreed to nominate Dave Prentis 
                for General Secretary of the union. </b></p>
              <p>Kate Ramsden, Branch Chair said, &quot;The branch is backing 
                Dave because we have been impressed with his record to date of 
                defending public services and public sector jobs and pensions; 
                and challenging politicians to value and invest in public services. 
                UNISON has been a strong and effective union under Dave's leadership, 
                and we want that to continue. We need stability and strong leadership 
                in the fight ahead, to defend public sector funding from cuts 
                and to counter attacks from media and the right&quot;</p>
              <p><i><b>And we are in good company. <a href="http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/elections/index.html" target="_blank">Dave 
                was also nominated by Scottish Council,</a> the meeting of all 
                Scottish UNISON branches, which was held on 6th Feb 2010.</b></i></p>
              <p>Dave has been General Secretary of UNISON for nine years and 
                has helped build it into the strong, effective force it is today. 
                The branch nominated Dave in 2005 when UNISON members re-elected 
                him into post with an overwhelming 77% of the vote. Today he is 
                asking for members' support again, as he faces a potential third 
                term in office.</p>
              <p>Other candidates seeking nomination include Kirklees Branch Secretary 
                Paul Holmes, Knowsley�s Roger Bannister and Manchester Metropolitan 
                University�s Delroy Creary. <a href="http://www.unison.org.uk/elections/pages_view.asp?did=10496" target="_blank">See 
                more details on the UK UNISON site.</a></p>
              <p>The election is being held following a decision by UNISON's national 
                executive council on 20th Jan 2010.</p>
              <p>The meeting voted to set the process in motion for a five-month 
                election period, which will see nominations take place from 4 
                February to 1 April, with a ballot starting on 17 May and ending 
                on 11 June, ahead of the union's national delegate conference 
                later that month. </p>
              <p>The result of the election will be announced on 22 June. </p>
              <p> Dave Prentis was entitled to remain in office until May 2013, 
                under trade union legislation, the union's rules and the contract 
                of employment entered into at his last re-election in 2005. </p>
              <p>However, he made it clear that he wished to submit himself for 
                re-election this year, because "I have always believed that the 
                democracy of our union is paramount" and because a new democratic 
                mandate for the general secretary in "the difficult times we are 
                now entering into" would help build "a strong united union capable 
                of defending the interests of our members", which is needed now, 
                more than ever. </p>
              <p>In a letter to president Gerry Gallagher indicating his wish 
                to seek re-election, Mr Prentis added that an early ballot would 
                mean "we could then coalesce around an agenda on the issue which 
                are so important to our members � fighting any cuts and defending 
                our members". </p>
              <p>The NEC agreed and adopted a timetable that will allow the election 
                of a general secretary with a new mandate to meet the challenges 
                of whichever new government is elected in the general election 
                and take forward the policies decided at June's national delegate 
                conference</p>
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