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