Forde Report Open Letter Signatures

Here are the signatories to our open letter addressed to the leadership of UNISON in light of the recently published Forde Report. If you haven’t read our statement on the report, you can find it here, and if you agree please consider adding your name to the list of signatures.

Open letter to Christina McAnea, Andrea Egan, Kebba Manneh, Linda Hobson

Christina McAnea, General Secretary of UNISON
Andrea Egan, National President of UNISON
Kebba Manneh, Chair of UNISON’s National Black Members Committee
Linda Hobson, Chair of UNISON’s National Labour Link Committee

Dear Christina, Andrea, Kebba and Linda,

Re: The publication of the Forde Report

The conclusions of the Forde Report provide a serious challenge to our trade union and we must respond as both an employer and as an affiliate to the Labour Party.

We call on you to ensure the following.

  • The racist, sexist, and discriminatory attitudes confirmed in the Forde Report must be condemned by UNISON;

  • UNISON must identify if any individuals employed by UNISON, or those which held Labour Party positions by virtue of their membership of UNISON, in the period of the report were aware of these actions or participated in them;

  • UNISON must address the underlying discriminatory attitudes for any named individuals who hold positions in UNISON, to retain the credibility of and confidence in those individuals;

  • UNISON’s National Labour Link Committee must demand action from the Labour leadership to take immediate steps to retain the confidence of our members, who look to the Labour Party to deliver the political change they need.

Yours sincerely

(All in a personal capacity)


Pete Davies, Branch Chair, Cardiff County Branch, Cymru/Wales

Michael Moore, Branch Secretary, SGE member, Birmingham University UNISON, West Midlands

Ross Charnock, Rep and Labour Link Officer, Pennine Care Health, North West

Steve Holmes, Branch administrator, Blackpool Health, North West

John Roberts, Cardiff county branch, Cymru/Wales

Jasper Bailey, Young members officer, Suffolk County, Eastern

Conroy Trenchfield, Rep, treasurer, h&s, schools organiser, Luton local government branch, Eastern

Richard Banks, Rochdale LG, North West

Rebecca Garner, Sath, West Midlands

CLARE AYTON-EDWARDS

Michael Vaughan, Branch Secretary, Staffordshire General, West Midlands

Barry West, Retired member, South Glos, West Midlands

Yousaf Hassan, Labour Link Officer, Waltham Forest LG, Greater London

Christine Collins, Joint Assistant Branch Secretary, Bolton LG, North West

Lynn Gatherer, Liverpool City, North West

Brooke Cadwell, Membership Officer, suffolk, Eastern

Mike Hogan, Shop steward, City of Liverpool, North West

John MCDONNELL

Jon Woods, Branch Chair, Portsmouth City, South East

Rhian Hartwell, Dep treasurer., Cardiff county, Cymru/Wales

Ben Jackson, Branch Secretary, 22311 Greater Manchester Mental Health UNISON Branch, North West

Nixon Tod, Retired member, Manchester LG, North West

John Burgess, Branch Secretary, Barnet LG, Greater London

Andrew Berry, Branch Labour Link Officer, Islington, Greater London

Kevin Treweeks, Plymouth in UNISON

Alma Yaniv

Emma Garson, Branch Secretary, Cardiff County, Cymru/Wales

Saoirse Fanning, Branch Secretary, NEC Rep, Health and Safety Rep, Community and Voluntary Sector Branch NI, Northern Ireland

Kevin Corran, Membership Officer, Greater Manchester Mental health, North West

Abi Holdsworth, NEC, West sussex, South East

Alan Wakefield, Former H&S rep, GMMH, North West

Oliver Kianchehr, Labour Link Officer, Tower Hamlets, Greater London

Matthew Cooling, Labour Link Officer, Unsain Gwynedd, Mon a Prifysgol Bangor, Cymru/Wales

Anju Paul, Barnet, Greater London

Anne Marie Forster, Member, North Tyneside Local Gov, Northern

David Nicoll, Noe, West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands

Ian Cathrew, Retired members Officer, Cwm Taf Health, Cymru/Wales

Polly Smith, Disabled Members Officer, Womens officer j/s, Suffolk County, Eastern

Judith Blaker, Somerset Local Government & Community

Gabby Lawler, Branch Secretary, Havering LG, Greater London

Paul Gaskell, Assistant branch secretary, Wigan, North West

Trudie Lynch, Health & Safety Rep, Community & Voluntary Branch (Derry), Northern Ireland

Steve Foster, Former asst branch secretary, Brighton and Hove, South East

Sam O'Brien, Communication Officer, Rochdale LG, North West

Steve Pickering, Retired member, Derbyshire, East Midlands

Allison Buchanan, Branch Secretary, UWS, Scotland

John Thomson, Branch Secretary, Bury, North West

David Jones, Branch Secretary, Wirral, North West

Liz Brennan, Branch Secretary, Cambridge City & South Cambs, Eastern

Stewart Graham, City of Sunderland, Northern

AILEEN MCLOUGHLIN, Health SGE SW Female seat - SW National Labour Link Rep, Central Bristol Health, South West

Michelle Jose, Truro, South West

Carol Grason, Retired member, Wakefield, Yorkshire & Humberside

Jim Board, Branch Secretary, Doncaster, Yorkshire & Humberside

Sarah Passman

David Grason, Wakefield

Paul Renny, Schools Convenor, Haringey, Greater London

Kevin Jackson, Branch Secretary, Berkshire Healthcare and Community, South East

Gavin Mott, Retired member, former Branch Sec, Hounslow, Greater London

Jess Carrington, Branch Chair and Labour Link Officer, Norfolk County, Eastern

Angelo Sanchez Napolano, Labour Link, Leicestershire Health Branch, East Midlands

David Hughes, Branch Treasurer, Birmingham, West Midlands

Charlie Hore, Retired member (former rep), Community and Voluntary Organisations Branch, Greater London

Linda Davis, Retired Member, West Sussex, South East

Gary Britton

Ben Greenwood, Chair, Blackburn with Darwen LG branch, North West

Sarah Kinsella, Wirral Local Government, North West

Billy Stewart, Labour Link Officer, Glasgow, Scotland

Rin Roche

Gavin Brotherston, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, North West

Cath Davis, Holding branch, Northern

James Gore, Berkshire Health, South East

Rob Turner, Branch Secretary and NEC, Cambridgeshire County, Eastern

Libby Nolan, Assistant branch Sec / HSGE/NEC, Swansea Bay healthcare, Cymru/Wales

Anna Hubbard, member, no position held, Sefton, North West

Carol Garfield, Assistant Branch Secretary, Birmingham, West Midlands

Lou Robson, Great Yarmouth, Eastern

Michael Thawe, West Midlands Community Branch, West Midlands

Ian Smith, West Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire & Humberside

Mark Sage, Branch International Officer, Portsmouth City, South East

Pamela Forde, Retired member (Southwest Region), Swindon

Maureen O'Shea

Sasha Robbins, Disabled Members Officer, Cardiff, Cymru/Wales

Damien Willey

Jenny Almeida, Retired member, Lambeth, Greater London

Michael Frost, Member, Dorset Council

Anthony Wain, Tower Hamlets, Greater London

Callum Williamson, Branch Secretary, Hampshire (L), South East

Tom Howorth, Shop Steward, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Tracy Nelms, Dorset, South East

Chris Preston, Retired member, Calderdale., Yorkshire & Humberside

Robert Hindson

Janine Broderick, Deputy Branch Secretary, Birmingham, West Midlands

Tim O'Dell, Shop Steward, Lambeth, Greater London

Andy Richards, Steward, Brighton and Hove Unitary, South East

Ashley Randall, South East

Martin Thurlow, Branch Chair, University of Bedfordshire, Eastern

Stephen Boston, Rep, N, East Midlands

Philippa Maytham

Paul Hunt, Assistant branch secretary and shop steward (personal capacity), Coventry City, West Midlands

Jocelyn Cruywagen, Joint Branch Secretary, Lambeth, Greater London

Lyn Matthews, Labour Link Officer, Merseyside Community & Hospital Branch, North West

Ben Frost-Jones, Rep, Dorset

Alex Theophanous, North West

Martin Timson, Workplace Rep, Merseytravel, North West

Christine Marnell, Rep, Mersey Communitys Hospital Health, North West

Valerie Ruth Appleton, Former Branch Secretary of Retired Members for 6 years, Camden Retired members, Greater London

Meddle Norman, Retired member, Wirral, North West

Nick Allen, Branch Chair, Leeds University, Yorkshire & Humberside

Glen Williams, Branch Secretary, Chair of Regional Committee and LGSGE, Sefton LG

JULIA MWALUKE, NEC Member, Salford city branch, North West

Oliver Mitchell

Phillip Allen, Branch Chair, Tameside Local Government Branch, North West

Nicola Keegans, Middlesbrough, Northern

Helen O'Sullivan, Equalities Officer, Cardiff County, Cymru/Wales

Rena Wood, Assistant Branch Secretary, Manchester, North West

Andy Bonner, Treasurer, C&V, Northern Ireland

Peter Ferguson, Treasurer / seconded officer, Wirral Local Government, North West

Fiona Monkman, Branch Chair, Islington LG, Greater London

Chris Ryan, Retired members officer, Blackpool Health, North West

John Flannery, Branch Secretary, Ormskirk & Southport Health, North West

Leanne Greenwood, Disability officer, Bolton, North West

John Bryan, Retired Member, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London

Karen Buckley, Rep and comms officer, Greater Manchester Mental Health, North West

David Robertson, Retired Member & Activist, Leeds LG, Yorkshire & Humberside

Catherine Lewis, Womens Officer and SGE member, Leicester City, East Midlands

Paul Pennell, Member, Slough, South East

David Kersey, Communications Officer, Coventry City, West Midlands

Lois Founds, Branch chair, Wirral LG, North West

Emma Garson, Branch Secretary, Cardiff County, Cymru/Wales

Lucie Scott

Angela Blackburn, Branch Secretary, University of Leeds, Yorkshire & Humberside

Christiana Watson

Paul Longton, Member, Blackpool, North West

Suki Dhaliwal, West Midlands

Ellie Gates

Kneale Faragher

Sian Tyers

Ian Allinson, Trades Council delegate, Greater Manchester transport, North West

Pauline Gibbons

Nigel Williams

Helen Davies, NEC/ Branch Chair, Barnet UNISON, Greater London

Erin McIlroy

claire wormald, branch secretary, southend local government, Eastern

Catherine Foulkes

Kal Ross

Bernadette Barton, Member, Northern Care Alliance, North West

Lynda Sergeant

Irene Leonard

Paul Lafferty, Retired member, Knowsley, North West

Wanda Lozinska

Patrick Hunter, Assistant Branch Secretary, Barnet, Greater London

Mike Roberts, Member, Barnet, Greater London

Jonathan Maytham

Alma Yaniv

Deborah Kelly, Joint treasurer, Voluntary and Community, Northern Ireland

Linda Mckeefery

John Pye, Steward, Departmental Convenor, Treasurer, Bolton Council, North West

Dan Grace, Rep, Communications Officer, Sheffield Hallam, Yorkshire & Humberside

Steve Ruffle, Retired member, Rotherham, Yorkshire & Humberside

Tony Wilson, Branch Secretary and NW NEC member, Greater Manchester Transport, North West

Philip Bradley, Retired, Notts County, East Midlands

Caroline Mc Dermott, Joint Branch Secretary, Derry Education, Northern Ireland

John Russell, Norfolk County, Eastern

John Toomey

Stacey Davies, Disabled members officer and steward, Cambridge City and South LG, Eastern

DEREK SCOTT, REP, HAVERING, Greater London

Mary Lancaster, Branch Secretary, Ealing Local Goverment, Greater London

Anju Paul, Rep, Barnet, Greater London

Niall McCarroll, Joint Branch Chairperson, Community NI, Northern Ireland

Billie Reynolds, Member, Central and East Berks, South East

Ron Cooper

Patrick Knowles, Assistant Branch Secretary, National Grid, West Midlands

Tony Norbury, Retired member, Merseytravel, North West

Daniel Nichols, Newham, Greater London

Gordon Sim

Pauline Walker

Vanessa Steffen

Jonathan Lee, Branch Secretary, Hastings & Eastbourne Healthcare, South East

David Thomas, Retired Branch Secretary, Havering, Greater London

Joanne Davidson, Womens officer & Treasurer, East Lancs Health, North West

Seamus O'Brien, Member, Wandsworth, Greater London

Ian Thomas, member, Telford, West Midlands

Dane Yates, Tameside Local Government, North West

Mark McNally, Seconded Branch Officer, Sefton Local Government, North West

Simon Taylor, Chair, Assistant Branch Secretary, Leicestershire County, East Midlands

Daniel Palmer, Member, University of East Anglia, Eastern

C M, Retired, Brighton, South East

Paul Jennings, Member, Carmarthenshire, Cymru/Wales

Lauren Cunningham, Member, Scotland

James Barratt, Member, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Yorkshire & Humberside

Joe Sucksmith, Convenor, Glos LG, South West

Kevin Gray, Retired Member, Greater London

Anjona Roy, Regional representative on the Community SGE, Branch Black Members Officer, West Northants, East Midlands

Del Scott, Rep, Havering, Greater London

Janice Beech

Matt White, Norwich City Council, Eastern

Becky Brookman, Assistant Branch Secretary, Dorset, South West

John Kerr, Retired Member, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Campbelll Peden, Member, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Debbie Power, Member, Birmingham, West Midlands

Melanie Davidson, Member

James Drummond, Branch Officer, Camden, Greater London

John Mclaughlin

Michelle Lee

Rob Lennon

Joesph Bell, Member, Middlesbrough, Northern

David Lewis

Catherine Gilsenan, Bradford

Les Jevins

George Dixon, Retired member Ex Branch Secretary., Retired Ex Central Lancashire Teaching, North West

Darren Jones

Andrew Roscamp

Aniello Genovese

Derek Mundie

Louise Collins

Helen Hutchinson, Member, Healthcare, East Midlands

Anne O'Connor

Renate Tracy

Michelle Jose, South West

MARIE Murphy, Member, Leeds teaching hospitals, Yorkshire & Humberside

Carolyn Last, Retired member, Essex

Mike Thompson

Amanda Philbrow

Nigel Machin, Retired member, Telford, West Midlands

Emma Smith

Elizabeth Ramsden

jason healy

Sylvia Simpson

Johnny Wilkinson, Member, London Arts & Music, Greater London

Colm O'Sullibhan

G. B. Ashmore

Lawrence Maloy

Ray Willis

Jenny Almeida, Retired, Lambeth, Greater London

William Horsley

Judith Kelman

Terry Burgon

Gary Smillie

Trudie Lynch, Health & Safety Rep, Community & Voluntary Branch, Northern Ireland

Ian Forster, Retired member, Wiltshire and Avon, South West

Charlotte PETERS ROCK

Brenda Durham

Penelope Ballinger

Liz Brennan, Branch Secretary, Cambridge City & South Cambs, Eastern

Huw Williams, Member, Swindon

John Burgess, Branch Secretary, Barnet LG, Greater London