I was hauled in at school. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. "They have had enough. "If Gordon loses people like my members," says Prentis, "Labour has no chance.". Dave – not David – Prentis definitely sees himself as a man of his people. His politics are to the left of the Labour leadership, but the views of the people he represents, all of whom work for the public sector, and most of whom are low paid, are to the left of the rest of the general public's. Dave Prentis 00:01, 23 NOV 2020. "No," he says. Did the posh boys have a go at him? Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, called on the Government to convene urgent talks to discuss the report, rather than "rushing" to make cuts and face industrial action. We care for the vulnerable in society." But we do go to see Arsenal because it's nice to see a winning team occasionally. Nita Clarke, former Downing Street adviser. Prentis, in Bournemouth for Unison's conference last week, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}, Dave Prentis: 'Raise them up, or they will bring you down'. ... my net monthly salary for the 2020/2021 financial year is now £2.98 more than my 2018/2019 salary compliments of this year’s 3.2% pension increase! "Ardent Leeds United fan. Share page. "He always had a very positive relationship with No 10," Nita Clarke, the former Downing Street adviser who was Blair's link with the unions, said. He sounds like an intense boy with unusual passions. Friday 20 November 2020 12:48, UK. He joined NALGO in 1975, and in 1990 he became its deputy general secretary. "I love them. "When my members alone are being subject to a pay policy which is iniquitous, there is no way that I, as general secretary, can ignore that." His Lucky Penny Shop channel has over 6,000 videos, which have amassed a total of 1 billion views and counting. A Unison spokeswoman said Mr Prentis’s salary was actually £92,688. Still do. He's extremely intelligent, and a very good leader of the union." But you've got to have an essence, and mine was in standing up for my background." That is unfair, says Prentis, if it does not apply to everyone. The reason this quiet man has so little visibility is that he does not conform to the idea of what a big union boss should be. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. When Ed Miliband beat his brother in last year's Labour leadership contest, Charlie Whelan could not resist spreading the word among journalists that the Unite union's backing had been vital for the younger Miliband. Then there are the 800,000 NHS workers who became subject to a new agreement at Easter. It's immoral and it's got to change. "I've never had a pay rise that was not applied to the rest of the staff." "We're not banging the table. Union barons are meant to be arrogant and politically motivated. His main pledge is to take a worker’s salary of £32,000 and donate the extra £100,000 of the general secretary’s pay package to the union’s own welfare fund. But that's nothing like the man who will be leading next week's public sector strike, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. [The ward] was filthy." Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? What would he have done otherwise? Most of his friends are trade unionists, he says. Not now the hard times are here. In the winter, if there was no work coming in, we would wonder what would happen in the spring. We still live in that divided society now. The full extent of the cuts will be revealed on November 11 but some staff could lose up to £5,000 annually from their salary. Geography still divides. ", Read our full mailing list consent terms here, This is serious. "No. It’s immoral and it’s got to change.”, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. In newspaper parlance, he is described as a member of the "awkward squad", alongside Crow, and Mark Serwotka of the Public and Commercial Services Union, or, more recently, Len McCluskey of Unite – union bosses who were not going to do the bidding of the Labour leadership. He is doing it on behalf of public service workers who have had their pay kept below inflation. The following year, hundreds of thousands of its members working for local authorities went on strike for better pay. FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference on the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain March 17, 2020. They said, 'Look, if you've got these beliefs, for God's sake learn to speak properly.' 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