EC Meeting July 2017

President:

Ms Wendy Cumming

Vice President:

Mr Manuel Bonavia

Treasurer:

Mr Daniel Sisarello

Ordinary Members:

Mrs Gloria Ellul

Mr John Escumalha

Ms Geraldine Falero

Ms Annabelle Desoiza

Mr Tony Morillo

The present committee was elected on 5 th July 2016, with a two year tenure before elections will be held.

In terms of staffing, the GGCA retains two administrative officers and a Branch Officer (not a GGCA officer, but an Administrative Officer on secondment from the civil service). We also have a retired member who works on an ad hoc basis running our Credit and Savings Scheme. The GGCA currently retains 1,772 members, representing Admin/Clerical and Technical Grades in both the MoD and GoG. Additionally it also represents members within HM Customs Gibraltar, the Gibraltar Health Authority and several government agencies as well as private sector entities like MasterService (Gib) Ltd, The Rock Hotel and Bassadone Motors.

The GGCA currently has no links to the UK Trade Unions and therefore cannot participate in the TUC or ETUC.

Benefits of GTUC membership

At this point in time, the GGCA Committee feels that we need to network and engage with other unions in order to improve our working practice and arrive at the most efficient and effective way of running our organization. We would like to avail ourselves of the excellent training opportunities offered by the GFTU, as well the possibility of having a strategic review conducted for our union, with the aim of arriving at a clear and staged roadmap for future improvement. We also understand that the GFTU offers extra services which might be advantageous to us, in the interests of streamlining our organization operationally.

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