Candidates in the Unite General Secretary election campaign have today received official confirmation of branches and workplaces that nominated them.
Ian Allinson, the only grassroots candidate in the election, received a total of 97 nominations including 21 workplace nominations.
Allinson said:
“This election is clearly a three horse race. The number of nominations I have is very impressive for a grassroots candidate”.
“The other two candidates are well placed in the union machine, Len McCluskey is the incumbent General Secretary and Gerard Coyne has been West Midlands Regional Secretary for fifteen years. Their campaigns have funding and resources to match.”
“We live in an era of political upsets – we should rule nothing out in this election. Gerard Coyne doesn’t seem to be quite the right wing threat that the press have been talking up.”
“My nominations have come from members who want to see a more serious fightback and workplace issues brought forward in the union. They come from members who want brave leadership on issues they care about, green jobs, defending of refugees and migrants, and improving equality and diversity within Unite itself”.
Yesterday Ian Allinson was on the picket line at his own workplace, Fujitsu in Manchester, as part of a national strike over job cuts, union recognition, pay and pensions.
On Saturday Allinson will join the #ourNHS demonstration in central London.
ENDS
Notes to editors:
Nominations by candidate as published on the unitetheunion.org website are available here: http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/record-number-of-nominations-in-unite-general-secretary-election-2017/
Prior to this election Len McCluskey is the incumbent General Secretary and Gerard Coyne is West Midlands Regional Secretary.
Ian is available for interview.
For more information call 07985 438 553 or contact contact ian4unite@gmail.com.
Ian Allinson has accepted nomination for Unite General Secretary, having secured the required support from branches and workplaces. Further information about his campaign is at www.ian4unite.org. Voting takes place 27 March – 19 April. The other candidates in the election are Len McCluskey, the current General Secretary, and Gerard Coyne, Regional Secretary for the West Midlands.
Further information about the Fujitsu dispute is here: https://ouruniontest.wordpress.com/fujitsu-national-dispute/
Branches which nominated Ian Allinson:
| Branch | Branch name |
| EM/DE51 | CMA Chesterfield |
| EM/LE17 | Benson Box |
| EM/NN02 | Kuehne & Nagel |
| EM/NN14 | Barclays Works Branch Northants |
| LE/00002 | Community Essex Area Branch |
| LE/00009 | Community Barnet Branch |
| LE/0020 | Brent Community Branch |
| LE/0040M | National Institute of Agricultural Botany |
| LE/0694M | Clerkenwell & St. Pancras |
| LE/152 | Redbridge Council |
| LE/229 | Stagecoach Cambridge |
| LE/406 | Norfolk & Suffolk EEE Sector |
| LE/491 | Arriva London South – Croydon |
| LE/537 | Arriva London North – Wood Green |
| LE/621 | Cambridge RTC |
| LE/7101L | Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust |
| LE/7105L | South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| LE/7129E | Marshalls Aerospace – Cambridge |
| LE/7157E | Selex Galileo Luton |
| LE/7340E | North Cambs GEMS Sector |
| LE/7355E | South Cambs GEMS Sector |
| LE/7383E | E2V Technologies Chelmsford |
| LE/LS17 | South West London Financial Services |
| LE/LS23 | RBS Central London Campus |
| LE/RM009 | Retired Members – Luton |
| NE/203/5 | Tyneside – EEE Sectoral Branch |
| NE/300/20 | Sheffield Area RTC Sectoral Branch |
| NE/302/24 | Arriva Selby |
| NE/302/27 | Go Ahead (Percy Main Dep) |
| NE/401/9 | First Direct Branch |
| NE/403/5 | Sheffield Not for Profit |
| NE/404/19 | Hartlepool Construction sector branch |
| NE/404/5 | Carlton Main Brickworks |
| NE/405/22 | Pegler Yorkshire Group Ltd |
| NE/406/33 | SCA Prudhoe Unite |
| NE/407/27 | Hull City & East Riding Local Authority Branch |
| NE/408/2 | Leeds Teaching Hospitals |
| NE/999/6 | York Retired Members Branch |
| NE/AGS/1 | Manufacturing and Service Energy & Construction sectors – Scunthorpe Area |
| NE/COM/1 | Community Bradford/Halifax & Huddersfield Branch |
| NE/GEO/11 | Leeds Geographical Branch (CHECK SECTOR) |
| NE/GEO/24 | Doncaster Geographical Branch |
| NI/B0044 | Translink Engineering |
| NW/0152M | Liverpool University |
| NW/0904 | MANCHESTER GEMS |
| NW/113 | E U Diodes (Zetek) – Oldham |
| NW/353 | Bury Commercial Branch |
| NW/389 | Manchester Social Action #2 |
| NW/51 | Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| NW/55 | Fujitsu – North West |
| NW/5504 | SCA Hygiene Products Ltd – Stubbins Mill |
| RI/0002M | University Of Limerick |
| RI/0615 | Meath |
| SC/100C9 | Glasgow/Renfrewshire area Community |
| SC/156/410 | Education |
| SC/156/NHSGRAMPIAN | NHS Grampian |
| SC/164/404 | Greater Glasgow Electrical Plumbing and Mechanical Branch |
| SC/60/115 | G E Caledonian Ltd |
| SE/6113 | BOC – Fawley |
| SE/6134 | University Of Surrey |
| SE/6264 | Ericsson (DAMOVO) |
| SE/6286 | Southampton General Hospital |
| SW/001408 | Bristol Area Health Sector Branch |
| SW/052408 | Jersey Area Health Sector Branch |
| SW/338500 | Community Devon Branch |
| SW/8096 | Bristol CC-Central Support Serv & Red Book |
| SW/8112 | Friends Life Centre |
| UC126 | YORK 1ST |
| UD431 | ST HELENS NO 1 |
| UE083 | LEICESTER 1ST |
| WA/B1052 | Cardiff & Vale University Local Health Board |
| WA/B3052 | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| WM/6050 | Coventry & Warwickshire Local |
| WM/7212 | Babcock DSG Donnington |
| WM/7248 | Big Lottery Fund |
| WM/7688 | H and K Equipment Ltd |
Workplaces which nominated Ian Allinson:
| Workplace Name |
| Translink Engineering, Newry |
| St Michaels Hospital |
| Fujitsu – Man 34 |
| Balfour Beatty Engineering at Chivas Bros Ltd |
| Fujitsu – Stevenage |
| Trust Headquarters University Hospitals Bristol |
| CSC [Chesterfield] |
| Fujitsu (Solihull) |
| ODI |
| Stagecoach Bus – Midlands Leamington Spa |
| Ontic Engineering & Manuacturing UK Ltd |
| Fujitsu (WAR 08) |
| Advising London |
| Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Rosyth Dockyard |
| CSC Computer Sciences Lts [Samlesbury] |
| Tealing 275/132KV Substation |
| Pearson Education |
| Fujitsu Services Ltd [Bracknell] |
| CSC (Leeds) |
| Fujitsu Services Wakefield |
| British Psychological Society |