Dave Prentis
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Prentis speaking at the Labour Party Conference in 2002
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| 3rd General Secretary of UNISON | |
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Assumed office 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Rodney Bickerstaffe |
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David Prentis May 1948 (age 68) Leeds, England |
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Dave Prentis (born 1948) is a British trade unionist who is the current General Secretary of UNISON, the United Kingdom's second largest trade union. He was originally elected on 1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March 2005, with 77% of the vote. He was again re-elected in 2010 (with 67% of the vote), and in 2015 (with 49% of the vote).
Prentis was born and brought up in Leeds where he attended a Catholic grammar school and went to the University of London where he took a BA in History, then studied Economic History at the London School of Economics. This was followed by a master's degree in Industrial Relations at the University of Warwick.
He joined NALGO in 1975. In 1990, he became the deputy general secretary. He was the UNISON's deputy general secretary (DGS) since its formation in July 1993, when it was formed from NALGO, NUPE and CoHSE.
In his role as the deputy general secretary, Prentis directed UNISON's national negotiating team and oversaw the union's policy making functions. He also drove through a strategic review of the union, aimed at delivering key reforms, to bring union services closer to the members. In 2001, he succeeded Rodney Bickerstaffe as General Secretary of UNISON, having been elected in February 2000.
Prentis is responsible for 1,500 staff and a turnover of around £160 million. As General Secretary, he received a total salary and benefits package worth £112,114 in the accounting year ending 31 December 2013.
He is a member of the TUC General Council, TUC executive committee and the Trade Union Labour Party Liaison Committee. He was elected President of the TUC for the year 2008.
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