Dave Prentis is the current General Secretary of
UNISON, the
United Kingdom's largest
trade union. He was originally elected on
1 January 2001 and was re-elected in March
2005, with 77% of the vote. He had previously been the union's deputy general secretary (DGS) since its formation in
1993. 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.Prentis was born and brought up in
Leeds and went to the
University of London where he took a
Bachelor of Arts degree in history. This was followed by a masters degree in industrial relations at the
University of Warwick.
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