The National Council leads and manages organisational and financial issues between national conferences. It meets at least four times a year and is made up of:
- Four nationally elected principal speakers
- Six nationally elected office holders
- Fifteen nationally elected council members
- One representative from each recognised branch
- One representative from each of the caucuses
Minutes of National Council meetings can be found here.
Minutes of the Executive Committee, which is elected from the National Council, can be found here.
National Council members 2020/21
National Secretary: Felicity Dowling
Principal Speakers: Sharon McCourt, Joseph Healy and Nick Jones
Campaigns Officer: Andrew Burgin and Len Arthur (job share)
Membership and Communications Officer: Barbara Segal and Richard Farnos (job share)
Media Officer: Andrew Burgin
Treasurer: Kate Hudson
Trade Union Officer: Ann Bennett
Nominating Officer: Kate Hudson
International Officer: Joseph Healy
Nationally elected members
David Landau, Doug Thorpe, Pete McLaren, Bob Williams Findlay, Bob Whitehead and Sandra Daniels (job share), Pamela Stevens and Jim Hollinshead
National Council and committee members are elected annually by all-member ballot. For more information email elections@leftunity.org.
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NHS Staff Voices public meeting – speakers include: Gary Younge – journalist and campaigner, Dame Donna Kinnair – RCN, Dr Sonia Adesara – Keep Our NHS Public and NHS Staff Voices
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