General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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CHRISTINA McANEA has been general secretary of Unison for the past three years. I know because I was there and got roundly defeated in the election for the post.
This was my first opportunity to sit with my former colleague since her election to discuss the challenges facing Unison, including, of course, the general election.
We managed to grab some time at the end of the union’s national delegate conference in Brighton last week.
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