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Gail Cartmail

Assistant General Secretary at Unite the Union

Gail Cartmail is Unite the Union Assistant General Secretary: Finance, Construction, Energy, Public Services and Community, Youth and Not for Profit; her roles within Unite have included Head of Health, National Officer Equality and Diversity and Regional Officer.

Gail represents Unite on the TUC General Council and Executive Committee and is a member of the TUC’s Union Learn Board, TUC spokeswoman for International Development and member of the Labour Party’s National Policy Forum.

Gail is a Commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and a member of the Central Arbitration Committee.

Previous employment included Principal Officer, local government, specialising in economic development. Prior to this Gail worked in the Graphics industry.

Equality, justice and fairness are values that Gail strives to embed in all her areas of work and engagement.