Solidarity to all my disabled brothers and sisters.
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Dear Liz Kendall Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,
(For the attention of all MPs and ministers)
We the undersigned are trade unionists opposed to the Universal Credit and Personal Independence bill, designed to restrict access to PIP and to reduce the sickness element (LCWRA) of UC. We believe this is shameful anti-worker and anti-working class legislation.
We represent union members, advisers, caseworkers, officers, housing workers, work coaches, local government and charity workers, finance sector workers, and other roles who work with those on the sharp edge of the disability benefits system. Some of us are also disabled members or carers across our unions, with the double whammy of working in these organisations and being financially impacted. Over a decade of austerity has forced disabled people into even greater poverty, and these cuts will only exacerbate the underlying barriers and widespread discrimination that still shut disabled people out of the workplace.
Our experiences and knowledge of this sector can provide vital insight into the catastrophic impact the proposed welfare cuts are likely to have. The benefit system is already a punitive, degrading, and impoverishing system that has cost lives through assessments, sanctions, and disallowance of benefits. These cuts will only worsen that reality. Cuts kill – particularly as hundreds of thousands more are pushed into poverty.
Not only will these cuts cause increased financial hardship for some of those made vulnerable by a disabling society, but will also add considerable expenses and a much increased workload to workers in several sectors. This is because more people will be plunged into debt. More people will be served with eviction notices (as they won’t be able to pay their rent/bedroom Tax/service charges). In many cases, disabled workers will be faced with the possibility that they will lose PIP and no longer be able to afford to service the additional needs that enable them to remain in the workforce. Cutting incomes will push people further from work, just as sanctions do. This will create misery and resentment in addition to requiring further public services & resources.
The Disability Policy thinktank forecast that the cuts will lead to £1.2bn in extra costs for the NHS and local care services provided by councils, raising the alarm for both councillors and MPs whether the cuts will backfire even on their own economic terms.
More people:
- won’t be able to afford food or bills, with 4 million already using foodbanks and limited or cut off energy supplies, whilst those industries’ bosses increase their profits off the back of us all.
- will have their linked benefits stopped, including carer’s allowance and the carer element of UC, disproportionately impacting unpaid carers, women and children when child poverty and homelessness are already at record levels
- will be excluded from work or forced into unsuitable work which worsens health, with many working families who rely on UC to top up poor wages also to be hit by the reforms.
Benefit cuts harm all working class people, increasing conditionality and forcing us to tolerate exploitative work and accept poorer terms and conditions. The scapegoating of benefit claimants intensifies division and competition and weakens solidarity in our communities.
Local government departments have faced cut after cut and already struggle to have enough staff or resources to support more in need. The voluntary sector has been needed to act up for several years to plug gaps due to Tory austerity, and currently struggles to meet demand.
Funding for debt advice has been reduced and there is insufficient support to help the current number of people with debt and advice.
Access to Work already sees delays of around a year for decisions to enable disabled people to take equal part in work. This is not being resourced as needed.
The proposed cuts by a Labour government will make all of this considerably worse:
- It will further strain the already overburdened third and public sector. Staff stress will increase, when many already suffer anxiety and poor well-being in the third and public sector because of understaffing and excessive workloads.
- Communities will be further demoralised and disenfranchised, or will turn to alternatives that do not represent working class interests.
- The Trade Union movement should not only fight to defend the social security system from cuts, but also demand a transformative alternative that centres human dignity, regardless of ability to work.
- DPAC and many others have argued for a welfare system that works for us all, removing the private sector involvement and its punitive measures.
With over £20 billion unclaimed, these cuts and the disproportionate targeting of disabled people do not add up. An FOI request found that 87% of those in receipt of the standard rate of PIP daily living, and nearly half of PIP claimants overall, could stand to lose out under the cuts – the scale is much more significant than the Government is letting on.
CPAG also estimated that the benefit bill has been held down by £36 billion annually as a result of caps, freezes and cuts since the 2010s, including the 2-child limit, bedroom tax and benefit cap. Means-tested benefits have been squeezed for over a decade, plunging people into poverty and worsening their health.
Our welfare spending is relatively low as a share of GDP compared to other European countries, even accounting for the increase in PIP claims, simply reflecting worsening health, increases in retirement age, and record waiting lists. Fraud in the PIP system is negligible. Amnesty have stated the inadequacy of benefits violates human rights, and that the system is consciously cruel – it does not need to be made even more restrictive. Civil society, third sector and disabled people’s organisations have been unanimous in their opposition to these ruthless cuts, with Citizen’s Advice condemning the reforms in a ‘Pathways to Poverty’ report and calling for them to be cancelled.
The proposals on unemployment insurance are a further mockery of this being about ‘making work pay’ – severing the link between national insurance credits someone has earned and their ability to rely on an indefinite sickness benefit if they become unable to work, even when made ill by work itself. The cuts are putting cart before horse: investment in employment support is set to have a minimal impact on getting people into work, with job vacancies falling and the Employment Rights Bill not yet implemented.
The consultation has been focused on a few of the changes, and Wales has not had an accessible consultation. That alone should mean this bill should go no further. The changes are being rushed through Parliament to make savings within rigid fiscal rules rather than improve work prospects, and MPs will not have had the chance to review the consultation responses before voting. At every stage the due democratic process and co-production with disabled people, as the Work and Pensions Committee has also called for, has been sidestepped. This concerns us all as trade unionists striving for a more equitable and democratic society.
Instead of balancing the books on the backs of those who can least afford it, Labour should be making the political choice to tax extreme wealth in society, redressing the runaway inequality that has seen the 50 richest families in Britain own more wealth (over £500bn) than half of the rest of the population. We commend the MPs that have submitted an amendment to Parliament to decline a second reading of the bill, and those who have pledged to vote against the bill. We demand that the Government withdraws these cuts, or the Labour Party will be turning its back on workers and working-class communities across the country.
Signatures:
Luke Dukinfield, Unite, Senior Workplace Rep, NEYH CYNfP RISC & Young Members Committee
Ben Golightly, Prospect member (Tech Workers’ Branch).
Arti Dillon Unite 524 branch CYNfP sector & Southwark Trades Council
Helena Navarrete Plana, Unite the Union
Amelia Bradley-Newby, Unison
Rachel eborall
Clara Paillard, Unite the Union, National Industrial Sector Committee (Not For Profit)
Irene McNally, Unite the Union
Clive Walder, Unite
Dara FitzGerald. Vice-Chair Unite Digital and Tech branch
Eric Segal Kent Retired members (SE100R1) branch committee member
Michael Agboh-Davison, Unite
Sean Brogan Chair Unite Community Plymouth and South Devon
Ben Goldstone, Unite LE1111 Housing Workers branch – Equality Officer and Workplace Rep
Jamie Sims, Unite, former workplace rep
Michael Harrison, Unite The Union, Chair of Unite Community Wales and vice chair of Unite Community National Campaign Forum.
James Clements, PCS
Rob Williams chair Unite LE/1228 branch
Charlotte Powell, Unison and UCU Steward
Joseph Meldau, Equalities Office, Unite the Union, Bristol City Council Branch, & a member of Unite South West Disabled Members Committee
Helen Dunster, Unison Representative
Alistair Tice , Unite Community member
Mike Moore, Birmingham University UNISON, Joint Branch Secretary
David Reid (Treasurer, Cardiff General Unite)
Vicki Morris, UNISON University of Nottingham branch secretary, Higher Education Service Group Executive
Mike Vaughan UNISON Branch Secretary
Catherine mcdonagh
Andrea Gilbert GMB Accompanying Rep
James Brackley, UCU
Ioana Cerasella Chis, University of Birmingham UCU & UNISON branch member
Gurbinder Gill, RMT
Steve Merriman, South Yorkshire Retired Members Branch
Mark Sage, Unite Community member
Sacha Ismail, UNISON, FBU
Jackie Lederer Unite Community Branch Secretary
Sally Heier, UCU, University of Leeds Branch Committee Member
Kevin protheroe
Millie Wild, Unite
Karen Drysdale, Unison
Tanis Belsham-Wray. Secretary of Unite NE/403/15 (Community, Youth and Not4Profit).
Tamsila Tauqir, UWE UNISON, Vice-Chair
Stephanie Tailby UCU South West Retired Members Branch
Sarah Horton, Unison
Christine Thomas, Unison
Rob Prince, UNISON, Branch treasurer
Serenity baskett, Unite the union, union rep, lgbt committee member
Jonathan Golding, Branch Secretary, Unite Community, Cardiff & Area
Deborah Butt ASLEF Branch Secretary and Union Learning Representative
Celine Petitjean, Bristol UCU, Membership secretary
Jamie Strudwick, member of Unite
Pauline Brady, Unison, Equalities Officer
Kevin Daws, Treasurer of Gloucester & District Trades Union Council, Branch Equalities Officer of Gloucester SW/007 Branch, UCU South West Regional Equalities Officer
VC – UCU UWE
Bev Keenan Unite Community branch secretary
Barbara Hulme, Unite Community
Sue Wilbraham, Cumbria UCU, Environment rep
Ajit Chuhan UCU Bristol
George Gray
Leisa Taylor, Unite
Ian Townson, Unite Community, Equalities Officer
Lee Starr-Elliott CWU Bristol and District Amal vice chair, equality officer and SW regional disability officer
Pippa Dowswell, Joint Secretary, Islington NEU
Elane Heffernan, UCU Kent Equalities Officer (and PIP claimant)
Eleanor Lisney, NUJ member.
Elizabeth Mawle, Unite
Gwen Vardigans activist Unite community
Katharine Johnston, UCU
Sandra Wyman Unite Community
Zarria Phillips Bristol & Glos area Unite Community
H.Benjafield
Stephanie Mulrine, UCU North East Regional Committee
Steve Jones. CWU Senior Field Official. Convenor Haringey Community Action Network
Matthew D Smith. UCU Treasurer, University of Cumbria
Mark Evans Retired members secretary Carmarthenshire County Unison and member of Carmarthenshire County Unison branch committee
Penny Foskett, NEU, retired
James Jackson Unite Community
Gemma Southgate, TSSA Executive Committee Member for Wales & Western Division
Mathew John, Branch Chair, Carmarthenshire County Unison Branch
Melissa Heywood, TSSA President
Trevor Jones (Unite the Community)
Kevin Pattison, unite community, chair Leeds, Wakefield & York
Samuel Coxson, Unite
Monique Buchli
Gary Clark CWU retired member former branch secretary
J. Losh, Worcestershire Unison
Andrew Kilmister, UCU, member of Oxford Brookes University UCU Executive
Cllr Alexi Dimond, Sheffield City Council, Unite – Not For Profit
Emma Cotton, Social Security and Tax Officer, Equity
Jeni Hunneyball Unite
Jane Carter NEU
Marco Tesei, UCU vice-chair West London College, UCU NEC UK-elected
Chloe Cheeseman, UNISON member
Martin Cavanagh, PCS National President
Saul Cahill, PCS NEC member
Lucy Burke. UCU vice chair, Manchester Metropolitan University
Jennifer Forbes, UCU branch Chair,
Bee Hughes, secretary LJMU UCU
Deji Olayinka UTAW-CWU Chair
Philip Furnivall, Unite, Bristol City Council Senior Craft Workplace Rep – Local Authorities National Industrial Sector Committee
Roland Rance, Treasurer East London Unite Community
Jade Brown, Unison
Amber Williams Unite, co. Vice secretary Bristol city Council branch
Pat Freeman; University of Cumbria UCU H&S rep
Rachael Tomlinson, Unite Community, Humber
Rada Daniell, East London Unite Community member
Ellen Robottom, Unite, former therapeutic counsellor
Fennelia MacCallum, City of Bristol College, LGBT+ Rep
Lisa Lonsdale (Prospect)
Sue Mew – East London Unite Community
Adi Kuntsman, Manchester Metropolitan University
Andy Mitchell, Unite South West Regional Community Forum chair
John Pearson, Unite Community member, former PIP and WCA support worker
Demaine Boocock, UNISON
Elisa Middleditch Unite
Alex Moore President Plymouth NEU
Jan Egan, GMB and Unite Community
Mark King, GMB
Carole Vincent, TULO East London Unite Community & delegate to Waltham Forest Trades Council
Duncan Davis, CWU, UTAW Branch Secretary
Doreen Mcnally. Unite the union
Jan Pritchard
Julie Connolly UCU
Robbie Woodland President BFAWU kernow (Cornwall)
William Kerr, UCU
Vince Martin, Greater Manchester Unite Community, former Branch Secretary
Eddie Hyndes, Musicians’ Union
Neil Terry NUJ
John Fones, UCU.
Tony Staunton, President, Plymouth Trades Union Council
Dave Robertson Unite Community Leeds Wakefield York
Gerry Lavery, Unite Community, Leeds, Wakefield & York.Branch.
Phil Maxwell, Unite Community (branch equalities officer).
Darren James CWU
Jenny Atkinson, UNISON, UWE International Relations Officer
Steve Wilkins Vice Chair Kent Unite Community Branch Secretary Medway TUC
Ryan Aldred Usdaw Assistant Secretary
Chris Bligh, RMT Trades Council rep
Catherine Hughes. Unite Community
Paul Grunnill Unite NW 567 Branch Secretary
Gareth Boyce Unite Union shop steward
Kate Hunter Unite Community
Duncan Moore, UCU National Executive Committee and Secretary of Torbay and South Devon Trades Council
Ian Hanton, Unite Rep
Lady Lola Oyewusi Unison
Mads Hodgson IWGB Disability Officer, Charity Workers Branch
Adrian Jackson Unison .northern regional disabled members deputy co-chair branch disabled members officer northern regional rep national disabled members committee
Scott machin unite member
Gordon Waring
Megan Archer, IWGB Charity Workers Branch
Andrew MIles, NE/COM/5, Unite the Union Leeds, Wakefield and York Community Branch
Miguel Saona. MMU-UCU. LGBT+ Officer.
Alan Theasby, Unite Community
Brian Lennie
Gail Ward Hands2Mouth Project, Unite Community
Cecile Remy, UCU, IWGB
Minesh Parekh, IWGB member (charity worker), Labour and Co-operative Councillor in Sheffield
Ross Maidment, Unite member
Laura Louise Hullah, Musicians’ Union, UCU
Open University UCU Exec
Liam Sewell, UCU, Nottingham College Branch Chair
David Eatock Unite
Patrick Shǐ Timmer, IWGB
Susan Pashkoff, Unite Community, Easr London, Chair
Cllr Jakob Williamson, Unite Member
Kat Down, Vice Chair of NASUWT Disabled Teachers Advisory Committee
Claire Rose, Unite member
Michelle Rogers
Janine Booth, NEU Disabled Members’ Organising Forum; Neurodivergent Labour
Diana Neslen unite the community
Cllr Stan Bates Wakefield MDC Unite member
Dean Darley, Springfield Allotment Community Klub Chair
Beth Wright – NASUWT
David Lowe , Secretary Wigan Trades Council
Steve Handford NEU. International Solidarity Officer.
Nick Parker, PCS, Department for Business and Trade Group Organiser
Kerry Wilks, Unite Community National Chair
Tina Harvey UCU Chair University of Cumbria
Jenifer Devlin Unite Community
Ros Garrick UCU
Addele Lynas NASUWT Belfast Association Secretary
Eeva Sointu, UCU
Sean Kelly Northumberland NEU Branch Secretary
Jon Woods, Portsmouth City UNISON Branch Chair
Elinor Hewitt, Unison LTHT Treasurer and Comms Officer
Claire Inglis, UCU, vice chair at UoC branch
Scott Inglis UCU Branch vice chair
Molly Holland, Unite
Jennifer Jamieson unison member
“Richard stallard
Unite community
Unite plymouth activist committee plymouth trade Council “
Luciano Sgarbi, IWGB Game Workers member
Mark Blacklock, National Union of Journalists; University and College Union
Mary Currell, Unite member
Mark Fogg, Unite, Branch Officer
Alan Short Unite Community Sth Wales
Linda Burnip, Unison
David Kirk, UNISON
John Ingleson UNISON Branch Chair
Pauline Bailey Unison
Rachel Mills, UNISON Member
Valerie Jackson Unison Retired
Fran Amery, Equality Officer, University of Bath UCU
George Newth, Bath UCU
Alex Charnley, UCU postgraduate rep, Bath university
James Bonner, Unite Community Berkshire, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Branch Treasurer
Caroline Corbin. Unison Health Branch Chair
Denis Bangura, Unison
Philip Bayes
Mark Toovey Lead union learning, deputyearly shift rep, CWU
Wolfgang Bailey. Workplace Representative and Welfare Officer for UNHAC Branch
Tam Laidler, NEU
Debra Willis, unison rep LTHT NHS
David Moon (UCU, branch caseworker, former Branch President, University of Bath)
Darren Robinson Unite The Union Branch Chair / Convenor
Paula Peters Chair of London and Eastern Unite community Campaign Forum & Chair of Bromley & Croydon Unite Community Branch
B.Mootu Unison Equality Officer H&S Representative
Darren Cogavin – UCU
Naomi Pennington, UCU
Stephen Hackett, Unite Workplace Representative, CYNFP RISC delegate
Jon Farley, Secretary, Unite Community Leeds Wakefield and York branch.
Mike Bird, Unite
Kev Conway Unite community member
Cecily Blyther, UCU, Chair at Petroc, Co-chair on Anti-casualisation Committee, member of Disabled Members’ Committee.
Dr Nicholas Lalvani of Unison
Daniel Edmondson, UCU, York St John UCU Branch Equalities Rep
Andy Richards UNISON
Jay Coward, Equity London South, Branch Committee
Richard Stanforth, Unite Union rep in a charity working to stop domestic poverty
Jemma Russell, Unison
Michael k usdaw
Nicola Jones Unison Steward
Dan Edge, Equity, Deaf and Disabled Members Councillor
Elizabeth Lawrence, UCU Regional Secretary Yorkshire and Humberside
Thomas Rudman, Unite LE127
Retired Members Plus section of Unite the Union Cardiff, Activist. Senedd Member for Scope since last September 2024, and an Independent for Cardiff North Labour Party and Activist within Cardiff Central and Cardiff North.
Cecilia Wee, UCU National Executive Committee, co-Chair Royal College of Art UCU
Steven Baugh, Unite
Lesley Bratty, UCU
Andrea Abbas UCU.
Paul Kershaw, chair, Unite LE1111 housing workers branch
Eve Miller, UNISON George Eliot Hospital Branch, Assistant Branch Secretary
Ellie Judge, UTAW-CWU, Tech Sector Support Co-ordinator
Dave Barter (Joint District Secretary, Rochdale NEU)
Kim Wheeler, IWGB
Michael Suter – Rotherham Unison LG Shop Steward and International Officer
Leon Highmoor-Bayes, UTAW
Kevin Ritchie, Unite, Cllr Bramley & Stanningley Ward Leeds City Council
Felix Ricketts-mason, UTAW-CWU
Derek Fraser Manchester NEU
Steve Skinner, Bradford College UCU, Green Rep
Graham Cooper, ASLEF Bletchley branch trustee
Graham Croucher, Branch Secretary and Union Learning Rep, Bletchley Branch
Morgan Rhys Powell, UCU
Bill Smith, Secretary Alice Arnold Unite Community WM5105
Russell Hickman, Unite Community Branch Chair, Northants TUC Chair
Judy White, chair Bradford branch of Unite Community
George Lloyd-Burman, IWGB (Game Workers) Regional Organising Officer
Sue Ghany Unite member
Natalie Amber chair of Equity Deaf and Disabled members committee
louise alldridge UCU Equality Rep
Steve Preddy Unite Southwest
Brett Sparkes, Disabled People Against Cuts Trade Union Group Founder
Ian Hodson, Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union National President
Jo Grady, General Secretary – University and College Union
Adrian Lister, Unite
Ken Fish, Unite
Ash Stokoe, UCU
Skye Cormier, Unite the Union.
Leanne Hubbard Unite the Union
Kevin Green Unite member
April Ashley, Southwark UNISON Branch Secretary & Black Members UNISON NEC (personal capacity)
Ian Clements, Unite LE1111 Housing Workers Branch Workplace Rep, LE Disabled Members Committee, Chair Hounslow Trades Council.
Matthew Watkins, UNITE
Ian Woolcomb
Rosina Siddique Unite Member
Liz Thompson Unite Community Leeds, Wakefield,York
Corinna Herr , Community Union , Caiwu Union , GMB UNION
Ailig Garth-Dòmhallach of Unite the Union (West of Scotland Community SC/100C9)
Joseph Jones Unison
Elie Sharp, UCU
Katie Reilly, Unite, VC of National Young Members
Stuart Hellingsworth, Unite
Matt Bridges, Workplace Rep, Branch Equalities Officer, NW DWC Committee Member, RISC (Finance and Legal) Disability Representative
Christina Malley, UCU Member for UWL, Former Chair of LIPA UCU
Shaun Topen-Cooper Primary School Teacher FT and Ley Local Secretary P&K NASUWT
Benjamin Cross, British Veterinary Union in Unite
Sandy Simmons – Unite – Equalities Officer
Mary Mullen UCU
Alison Campbell, UNISON, Steward.
Dave Nellist, Unite the Union and former (expelled) Labour MP
Polina Sparks, NUJ, Disabled Members Council deputy chair, welfare and training officer, Manchester & Salford
Justyna Borkowska-Rozanska, VMD, MRCVS, Unite, Reading
Mark Findlay, Unite
Ajay Kumar Bristol Palestine Alliance chair
Sharon-Theresa Calvert, Caseworker, NASUWT
Harry Stamp – UCU London Representative / Committee Member YSJ
Florence Allaway presedent of Haringey trade council
Neil Moore Unite workplace rep Peterborough
Paul Couchman, branch secretary, Surrey County UNISON
Damian Cosgrove, Chair, Unite Not For Profit SE Region SE/6290
Ruairí Lewis, UNISON Local Government Branch, Senior Steward
Jane Fernandes Unite the Union London
Ben Radley, UCU Rep, University of Bath
PCS ARMS Treasurer SW
Dr. Alex Marshall, UCU Hallam Rep
Steve Wright – General Secretary, Fire Brigades Union
Bob Monks, General Secretary – United Road Transport Union
Caroline Clarke, Unite, Sheffield
Sarah Boden BVU Unite member Liverpool
Harriet Knafler, Prospect, South Yorkshire
Ellie Wood, Unite London & Eastern Disabled Members’ Committee and Vice Chair London & Eastern CYWNFP Regional Industrial Sector Committee
Sam Dennehy, Unite Member
Julen Puertas Baños, IWGB, Bromley
Candice George IWGB
Alan Burgess Chair Portsmouth and District Unite community
Rowena Fehilly PCS ARMS
Dave Vincent PCS ARMS
Cllr Cien Elan Butler, Billericay West – Unison Member
John Sweeney Unison London
D Fearn Unison West Midlands
Cathy Meadows UNITE Nottingham
Chris Jackson
Brian Birtwell PCS Lancashire
Elaine Fullaway, Unite, Secretry, Southampton
Holly Notcutt, unite, Great Yarmouth
Michael Lehane – NEU member, President Coventry & Warks BPTU&AA
Gareth Bromhall, Secretary – Swansea Trades Council, GMB Wales and South West Regional Council, TUC Cymru General Council
Teresa MacKay, Branch Secretary, Unite Retired Members National Committee
Anne Boden Work Place Representative Unite the Union
Lesley Pollock, TSSA, Chair, West of Scotland Branch 850
Jacob Goddard, Unite
Tony O’Hara, Unite Member, London
Declan Clune. Secretary Southampton & South West Hampshire Trades Union Council
Jan Underwood, retired, ex-UCU, secretary Arfon Access, Bangor
Mick Morgan Unite N/W community forum chair Lancashire
Jamie Johnson, member CAIWU
Lesley Jones, PCS, Emp Relations Representative, Devon
Jenifer Devlin Unite Community Leeds, Wakefield and York
Mary, Liverpool Unite Member
Caroline Martin UCU Manchester
Zoey Corker Welfare Officer Leeds UNISON
Ekua Bayunu Unite Community Manchester
IAN LOVEGROVE, UK CITIZEN
Stephanie Spierling ARMS member
Dot Tomkinson Disabled members officer Salford City Unison and Co Chair of the North West disabled members committee.
Nixon Tod, UNISON, ex chair National Further Education Committee, retired member, Manchester
Adam Harmsworth, Napo National Vice-Chair
Marcela Leite, Unison Hackney, Green Rep
Suzanna Hudson-Cooke, Chair, British Veterinary Union in Unite
Pete Keenlyside CWU National Honorary Member, Greater Manchester Branch
Sarah Woolley General Secretary BFAWU
Hannah Fyson, UNISON retired member, Manchester
Douglas Stephen Pearce, Usdaw Branch Chair A216 Weston-super-Mare
Colin Carter, RMT, LDC rep Bristol & Area H&S rep Bristol
Louise Branch UNISON, SW
Nathan Lee Davies, UNITE, Wrexham
Steve Gillan General Secretary POA
Helen Thornton, UNISON Steward, Bristol
Jenny Lennon-Wood, Secretary of Dorset Trades Union Council
Joyce Rutherford, Unite Community member
Dave Murphy, Unite Community Teesside and Durham Branch Chair
Nick Caines, UNISON, Branch Chair, North Somerset
Nicola Kingaby RCN
Michael Braithwaite – Unison Member – Weymouth.
Lee Norman, ASLEF Branch Secretary and H&S representative, Darlington
Trevor Saint, Unite Bournemouth branch
Leigh Hodgson, GMB, Gateshead
Alison Hann, UNISON, Bristol LG
Lady Walker. Retired RAF Squadron Leader. East Midlands
Zeal Machin, BFAWU, Branch 547, West Yorkshire, FTW Representative
David Bird
Richard Holland, Salford City Unison Steward
Secretary of Unite retirement branch. Dorset and Bournemouth.
Jane Haden – Treasurer of Unite Community South Devon Branch
Jane Nellist, President of Coventry TUC and member of NEU
Siobhan Strode, Unite Community, Devon
Paul Hunt, branch chair, Coventry City UNISON and delegate to Coventry TUC
Linda Gates, Unite Community member
Julian Wilson, PCS, MoJ Group EC, Chair, Royal Courts of Justice and First Avenue House Branch.
James Foster, Unite Community, Orpington
Phil Watts – Branch Secretary Unite Northants Retired Members
Andy Hunter-Rossall, BFAWU member
Carole Vallelly GMB member
Stephe Meloy – Musicians’ Union member
Dave Levy – GMB London Regional Council
Michael Torrens, Unite, Equalities and Communications Officer
Mark Colpus, UCU
Dave Ray, CWU, Industrial Relations Rep & Chair NE Political Committee, Nort East
Dave Gorton, Unite LE372 branch publicity officer
Fredy Velez – BFAWU Rep Suma Wholefoods Branch
Stephen Brown, GMB & MU
Anna – FDA, senior policy advisor in Civil Service and enhanced PIP recipent
Jackie Owen Unite Community, Equalities Officer NE Wales
Lucy Fyson GMB member
Alice Tibbs, CAC Portsmouth
Jackie Lederer, Unite Community, Portsmouth and District Branch, S E Region
Kathleen Sowden unite south devon
Christine Wilson Bristol Bath & Gloucester branch Unite Community
Felix Manocha-Seymour, NEU Portsmouth
Lynne Batty, NEU, Leeds
David Kersey – Communications Officer- Coventry City Council
Peter ROBERTS, NEU, Hampshire
Stephen Lennon-Patience Unite Health member Dorset
Ben Willis, USDAW,North Somerset
Catherine Crowther Unite Community Member
Willow Tyers, NEU, Southampton
Heather Juno Libertine Rennie, Prospect
Naomi Byron, UNISON, London
Teresa MacKay, LE/2116 Branch Secretary, NRMC
Sarah Sanford, Branch Equalities Officer Suffolk Unite Community & former Welfare Rights Adviser Ipswich TUC UWC
Rebecca Short: Equity Union Member, Portsmouth UK
Mehreen Begg NEU Executive London
Pete Bloomer, Unite Community, social media officer, Birmingham.
Joy Bazeley, Southsea, Unison
Ben Jackson OT & GMMH UNISON Branch Secretary
Andrew Thompson, Unite, former national convenor CGL, Birmingham
Tim Cutter Unite 524 branch
Bee Tidbury
Nancy Taaffe, Workplace rep,Unite
Alexandra Summerson, National Education Union, Northern Region Disabled Members Organising Forum Rep, NYH TUC Executive
Des Merritt, treasurer, UNISON.
Mélusine Lenoir, London, Equity Member
Pam Wortley – Unite
Bill Smith -Secretary of the Alice Arnold Unite Community Branch Coventry and Warwickshire
Wyn Turner, GMB member
Hayleigh Marks Talabis, FBU East Midlands Regions 6 Control Rep & Political Organiser, Northamptonshire Control Branch Secretary & Northamptonshire Fairness at Work Rep
John Whittall, Unite Retired Members, Northampton Branch.
Chairman: Respect for the Unemployed & Benefit Claimants
Sadia Mirza, Unite the Union, Equalities Representative
Holly Donovan, National Forum rep for the East Midlands, Unite Community
michael jewkes, equalities officer tom mann branch, disability officer North Warks and Bedworth labour clp,
Moe Muhsin Manir – Unite Activist London, Former Representative
Jeff aherne independant
Claire Newland, Suffolk, Unite member – disabled.
David Greenhalf
Sue sanders NEU
Councillor Andy Wilson Unite Community Branch Liverpool
Debby Monkhouse, Unite member
Matt Pinnell West Yorkshire BFAWU member
Joanne Shaftoe, CWU North East Regional Chairperson
Carol Duerden, Unite Community Bradford Branch.
Jean Crocker, Unite Community and UCU retired members, North East England
Cllr Paul R Kimber Labour — Dorset Council.
Ruth Pitman, Dorset
John Shortell, Head of EDI, Musicians’ Union
Charlotte Bjorndal, UNISON – Leeds
Peter Ashmore, Leeds, Unison. (only working due to PIP payments assisting me to get to work. I will lose these and employment if changes go ahead)
Richard Tulloch, Unison, Leeds
Emma Emmerson, Unison, Leeds
“Mark Taylor-Thomas
Unison member, Leeds Branch”
Donna Padget, unison, Leeds
Amy Smith, Leeds
Kathleen Walpole – Unison member – local authority worker and DLA claimant – Leeds
M Kerr, Unison Member, Leeds
Sue Taylor Unison Leeds
Laura Topping, Unison, Leeds
Kimberley White -Unison -Leeds
Eleanor Hastwell, Unison, Leeds
Joseph Babalola,union member,christian,Leeds
Kathryn Russell, Leeds, Unison Member
Angela Stocks Leeds
Uyi Dickson & Yorkshire – Humberside Region
Dwain reid union west yorkshire
Lee Paton, Leeds.
Lee Paton, Unison, Leeds.
Ruth Armitage, Unison member, Leeds Local Government
Shirley Norman UNISON Yorkshire and Humber Leeds
Phil Marsden,West Yorkshie Unison
Jordon newton leeds
Freddie Found, UNISON
Farzana Kauser unison member
Joanne, unison, leeds
Ali Phillips – Unison Member – Leeds
Charlie Lowe
Eugene Okwei. Unison. Leeds. West Yorkshire
Dave Roberts, Leeds Unison
Mr Raafat Musa / West Yorkshire-Leeds
Matthew Hawkins, Unison Rep for Leeds Federated Housing
Charles Aninaquah Boadi,Unison Leeds branch member
Tania Boulongne, Unison, Leeds
Dave Roberts, Leeds Unison
Carol Spivey Unison Member
Mariam Boadi Owusu, Unison Leeds branch member
Richard Thackwray unison
Cheryl Ferris Stewart Unison member
Krystie Harris-Winstanley, Unison, Leeds, Otley
Cristian Robu Unison Leeds
Elizabeth Morrison, UNISON member, Leeds
Claire Ray – Behaviour Support Worker – Unison member
Izabela Zolnowska, Unison, Nursery Assistant, Leeds
Olivia Carlton, UNISON
Aishah I, Rotherham, Unison member
Barry barker leeds
MR MOHAMMED ASIM HARAF
Steven Elbourne , Unison , Leeds
Elaine Francis-Truett, Unison, West Yorkshire
Sari Sohanpaul Unison Member Leeds
Alex Moore Presldent Plymouth NEU
Nick Redding, Unison, Shop Steward, Leeds
Stephen Linnecor, unison , Leeds.
Rachel O’Gorman, Unison, Leeds
Luke Glossop, Unison member, Leeds
Martin Forsyth Unison Manchester
Pauline Bailey Unison Chair retired members Leeds
Kaal Rosser, Unite Community, -, Plymouth
Janek Poklad-Retired Unison member and former Steward
Steve dobie unison Leeds
Theresa Falkingham, Unison, West Yorkshire
Jasper Shaw, UNISON member
Irene Oriakhi Osunde. Unison. Leeds
Lulu Spargo, Unison
Simon Beaumont, Unison member, Leeds
Hanna Ayisi, UNISON, Yorkshire and Humber, Leeds
N Hadi – Unison Leeds
Alison Greenwood – Unison – Steward – Leeds
Stephen parsons Leeds
Ciaran O’Se
John Whetton, Unison Member, Leeds
Lorraine Bull unison Leeds
Andrew Sutcliffe, Unison, steward, Yorkshire and Humber
Mehnaz Ali, NEU, Disabled Members Committee member, Rochdale
Richard Tindall, Unison, Leeds
Andy silverman Leeds unison
Sarah Nattrass, Unison member, Leeds
Ann McKelvey UNISON ULR Leeds
NEU Regional Council Member
Angela Marshall Leeds Unison
John Vasey
Raymond Hill, UNISON, Leeds
Martin Tolley Unite member
Elaine Summerscales Unison
lesley greenfield unison
Ganiyat Mosunmola Salami. Leeds
Stephen Taylor, Woodlesford, Leeds
Natasha Clarke, Leeds
Mercedes Potter Unison Leeds Children Social Care
Keisha King, Leeds
Aliya Vasylenko, Unison, Leeds
Kehinde Adewale, UNISON member, Leeds
Matthew Lishman, Unison, Leeds
Bernadette Bidmead Steward Unison ( FE)
Jennifer Fairley Unison member, West Yorkshire
Tim snell unison still working at 68 from Leeds
Samantha Gill unison
Victoria Thain ex social worker Leeds
Lisa Jowett Leeds Union
Lisa Birdsall, Ls14 2hz
Mark Greig : UNISON : Adult Social Care, Leeds.
Tom Baker, Unison, Leeds City Council
Emily uden, unison,leeds
Michelle green
Jacqueline Clifford, Unite
Morag Cumming, Unison
Cynthia Harding unison
Sarah Wilson, Unite Member
Mick Heath Bradford
Danielle Steel – Unison Member
Lindsey mara, unison, Mental Health Homeless Team, Leeds City Council
Gary Murphy Yorkshire and Humberside Member
Yvonne Elliott Unison. Leeds
Nigel Jones – Shop Steward UNISON LCC.
Steve Withers unison
Lynn Gunnigle Unite Community Member
Jason Knowles = Leeds Unison Steward – Leeds Adult Social Care – Social worker
Richard smith Unison Leeds
Ushirika Quashie. Unison. Leeds
