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Tuesday 22 June 2010

Dave Prentis re-elected as UNISON General Secretary

Dave Prentis has been re-elected as General Secretary of the UK’s largest public sector union. Voting in the ballot, released today was as follows:


Dave Prentis 145,351 (67.2%)
Roger Bannister 42,651 (19.7%)
Paul Holmes 28,114 (13%)

Dave has been UNISON’s General Secretary since January, 2001, he said:

“This is a vote of confidence in the union and the direction that we have been taking over the past few years.

“We face critical times as a union and it is important that we remain united, strong and focussed on dealing with the challenges that face our members

http://www.unison.org.uk/asppresspack/pressrelease_view.asp?id=1900