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Officers
President: Vic Turner
Vic Turner,
a former docker was one of the Pentonville Five shop stewards
who were jailed in 1972. Following their arrest, a rolling
series of strikes caused work stoppages until the TUC had
to call for an official strike and demanded the release of
the five shop stewards. As a result thousands of striking
workers marched through North London to Pentonville Prison.
The dockers were eventually released. Vic Turner later worked
for Newham Council and was then elected as a Councillor and
served for many years before being elected as Mayor. Vic Turner
has been involved in the Campaign since its beginnings in
March 1998.
Vice
President: Tony Benn
Elected
as a labour MP in 1950, Tony Benn only permanently retired
from parliamentary duties in 2001. Since retirement he has
devoted more time to grassroots politics and has been involved
in various campaigning organisations. Tony Benn has been Vice
President of the United Campaign since 1998.
Vice
President: Shirley Winters
Shirley
Winter was one of the 320 workers sacked in 1996 after asking
for a pay increase at a Darlington Magnet Factory after a
four year pay-freeze. Their dispute lasted for two years before
they were forced to take a miserly £2,500 each. Magnet
had meanwhile brought in replacement labour soon after the
strike began and had set aside £3.5 million to break
the workers resolve. Shirley has spoken at many trade union
events and has been Vice President of the United Campaign
since 1998.
Chair:
Bob Crow
Bob Crow
is the founder of the United Campaign to Repeal the Anti-Trade
Union Laws and has been Chair of the Campaign since 1998.
Bob is also General Secretary of the National Union of Rail,
Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT).
National
Secretary: John Hendy
John
Hendy QC is a leading employment law barrister at Old Square
Chambers London, and H P Higgins Chambers in Sydney Australia.
He is vice-chairman of the International Centre for Trade
Union Rights (ICTUR) and Chair of the Institute of Employment
Rights. John is also standing counsel to AMICUS, ASLEF, CWU,
NUJ, NUM, POA, RMT, TGWU and UCU.
Assistant
Secretary: Maria Exall
Maria
Exall is on the Executive Committee of the CWU and is also
a member of the TUC General Council.
Director:
John Usher
Contact
John Usher
John Usher is a trade
union legal consultant, lecturer in labour law at Birkbeck
College and a member of the Civil Justice Council. Previously
he was a legal officer at ASLEF when the case was brought
against the UK in relation to trade union freedom to expel
a member of the BNP. Until 2000 he was a partner at trade
union law firm Thompsons, where he was responsible for a great
number of successful injury and employment case, including
the first successful case for stress at work.
Treasurer:
Jess Webb
Jess
Webb is Legal Officer at the RMT and has been involved in
the United Campaign since its beginning in 1998.
Research
and Campaigns Officer : Rachel Yates
Contact
Rachel Yates
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