DWP Group Elections 2024 Nominate Left Unity candidates
This is the list of Left Unity recommendations for the 2024 DWP Group elections and block-vote elections. These candidates constitute a diverse cross section of dedicated representatives from right across the group. They are committed to continuing to build a strong workplace focussed, organising group within our union, that can deliver industrially.
The current Left Unity leadership of the GEC is proud of its record on behalf of members, which includes delivering the four largest turnouts in national ballots the group has ever had, preventing hundreds of compulsory redundancies, negotiating two of the largest pay rises for our lowest paid members in decades, and leading the group through the pandemic, negotiating some of the best member-focused policies in the public sector.
A Left Unity-led GEC consulted with branches to highlight areas in DWP that could deliver sustained, targeted paid industrial action during the ongoing national campaign. This action, repeated across other groups and alongside national strike days, won more money for members, including the biggest percentage increase for our AO members many can recall, doubling the remit on offer and preventing a 60% cut to our compensation scheme. This strategy limited the financial burden on our members amidst the financial crisis, and put increased pressure on government and our employer.
The Left Unity leadership of our group have also led the response to the staffing crisis in DWP, taking our campaign direct to government, while leading the call to organise for an industrial response if necessary, and robustly opposing the Jobcentre innovation pilot.
The candidates standing in these elections are committed to working with the national union, and newly elected General Secretary, Fran Heathcote, in devising the strategy for the next phase of the national campaign, one that can win more for members, both now and in the future, while ramping up our own campaign for more staff.
Left Unity has a proud record of winning on equality issues, equality being at the forefront of our bargaining agenda, and continue to negotiate improvements to HR policies, ensuring no member is left behind.
We will continue the work of the current Left Unity group leadership, in rolling out activist training to build our organising capacity in the workplace, and increase engagement with our members on the key issues that matter to them.
Please nominate all of the candidates listed through your branch AGM and support them in the group elections that follow.
Nominate for a leadership that listens to you, will fight on your behalf, and lead from the front on the issues that matter.
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DWP Group Left Unity Slate 2024 :
President (x1)
Angela Grant
Vice Presidents (x4)
Martin Cavanagh
Marie McDonough
Ian Pope
Mohammed Shafiq
Assistant Secretaries (x7)
Moe Brasier
Dave Burke
Bridget Corcoran
Lorna Kennedy
Jocelyn McFarlane
Liz McGachey
Sarah Morton
Organiser (x1)
Mark Byers
Editor (x1)
James Meller
Treasurer (x1)
Linda Edwards
Group Executive Committee (x17)
Nasrin Ahmed
Ryan Bell
Dave Boucher
Saul Cahill
Davina Camadoo
Levoy Getton
Harminder Lothian
Colin Mack
Kevin McCafferty
Lindsay Miles
Sammie Mulcahy
Joe Perry
Jo Pritchard
Oli Rahman
Carol Revell
Tom Westgarth
Dylan Wilson
Standing Orders Committee (x2)
Mark Edwards
John Livingstone
Ed Board (x3)
Emily Boucher
Rachael Watts
Nicky Wild
Group Equality Committee (x12)
Grace Bellerby
Emily Boucher
Chris Clarke
Lesley Glendenning
Sean Green
Jackie Morton
Christine Oliver
Georgia Stokoe
Colin Turner
Lynn Tyler
Nicky Wild
Group Women’s Advisory Committee (x12)
Grace Bellerby
Emily Boucher
Chris Clarke
Linda Edwards
Lesley Glendenning
Angie Jukes
Jackie Morton
Christine Oliver
Viv Perkins
Georgia Stokoe
Lynn Tyler
Nicky Wild
Group Black Members Committee (x6)
Davina Camadoo
Levoy Getton
Sean Harding
Group LGBT+ Committee (x12)
Eirian Anwyn
Jen Dobison
Sean Harding
Lexie Russell
Georgia Stokoe
Colin Turner
Group YMAC (x12)
Saul Cahill
Jo Pritchard
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