Unite Executive Council elections
From Socialism by Socialist Party (CWI England and Wales)
March 23, 2026 · 30 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the upcoming UNITE the union executive council elections and the political context surrounding them.
www.socialistparty.org.uk This podcast is a discussion with Rob Williams, the industrial organiser of the Socialist Party, about the upcoming UNITE the union executive council elections.Unite’s elections take place as the pro-capitalist character of Keir Starmer’s Labour government becomes ever clearer, with the working class still paying the price for the crisis in the bosses’ system. The elections from 23 March to 27 April are for the Executive Council (EC), the lay-member leadership of the union.Later this year there will be the election for general secretary. Where Sharon Graham is standing for re-electionSocialist Party members are standing on the left ‘Workers Unite/Back to the Workplace’ slate that supports the manifesto on which Sharon was elected in 2021. The slate includes fellow supporters of the Unite Broad Left, a new broad left group in Unite. We supported Sharon in the 2021 general secretary election because her programme best ensured that Unite would maintain itself as a militant industrial union. This has been borne out by events. Sharon was previously Unite’s head of organising, effectively the lead officer for the union’s industrial action strategy. As general…
People in this episode
Guest: Rob Williams
Topics covered
- UNITE elections
- Socialist Party
- workers' rights
- industrial action
- Labour government
Keywords
- UNITE
- elections
- Sharon Graham
- Rob Williams
- Socialist Party
- workers' rights
- Keir Starmer
- industrial action
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Socialist Party, UNITE, United Left
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