Unite – the Union, known as
Unite, is a British and Irish
trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of
Amicus and the
Transport and General Workers' Union. The General Secretary of Unite is
Len McCluskey On 2 July 2008, Unite signed an agreement to merge with the
United Steelworkers to form a new global union entity called
Workers Uniting which will represent over 3 million members in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, North America and the Caribbean.
Executive Council
As part of the merger process, a Joint Executive Council (formed of the executives of both the predecessor unions) took office on the vesting day. In March 2008, a new Executive Council for the expanded Union was elected, taking office on 1 May 2008 and having a three year term.The Executive Council was tasked with putting a new Unite rulebook to a postal ballot of members during July 2008. The rule book was accepted by a majority of members and will not be subject to amendment until a Rules Conference is held.
The Unite Executive Council consists of 40 seats elected by former
Amicus members and 40 seats elected by former
TGWU members.
The 40 "Amicus seats" comprised one seat for each of the 10 UNITE regions, four women's seats and one seat for each of the 26 industrial sectors.
Within both the Amicus and T&G sections, the majority of victorious candidates were from the
broad left slate, and a number of positions were uncontested. The first EC...
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