Andrea Egan, President of UNISON in 2022/23, has announced her candidacy as General Secretary in forthcoming elections to the union. UNISON is Britain’s largest trade union with 1.3 million members and an income of almost £200 million. Andrea’s campaign is being supported by rank and file UNISON activists organising for a more democratic, transparent and successful union.

Andrea started work in the 1980s as a children’s care worker before later qualifying as a social worker. She was instrumental in leading UNISON’s first strike action against the academisation of schools back in 2008. During her time as President, she supported members to commence implementation of the Race Discrimination Panel. Andrea has played a leading role in the Organising to Win strategy to improve pay and conditions for the union’s members.

If elected, Andrea has pledged to take the wage of a social worker and channel the rest of the £166,000 General Secretary pay package into funding welfare and industrial action funds. She has committed to conducting a review into the union machinery, championing its diverse membership and standing up for oppressed people around the globe.

Andrea Egan says: “I’m standing to be General Secretary to give power to ordinary members, implement the decisions they’ve voted for, end bureaucratic waste and start winning the real improvements to pay and conditions all members deserve. I’ll take the wage of a social worker and conduct a comprehensive review of how the union operates. It’s time for UNISON to change – it’s time to win.”

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