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词条 Mark Serwotka
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Election as general secretary

  4. Political views

  5. Personal life

  6. References

  7. External links

Mark Serwotka ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɛər|v|oʊ|t|k|ə}}; born 26 April 1963)[1] is General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), the largest trade union representing British civil servants. He is also President of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Early life

Serwotka was adopted from a Catholic orphanage in Cardiff, Wales by a Polish-born British father and a Welsh mother.[2]

Career

In 1979, aged sixteen, he joined the Civil Service, and started work as a benefits clerk, joining the union on the first day at work.[3] On 12 September 2018 Serwotka was elected as the President of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).[4][5]

Election as general secretary

Serwotka became a union representative in 1980 and a personal case officer in 1995.[6]

In the 2000 election that saw Serwotka elected General Secretary, he initially faced two rival candidates: Hugh Lanning of the Membership First faction and the incumbent Barry Reamsbottom of the National Moderate Group.[7] However, Reamsbottom did not secure the fifty branch nominations needed to appear on the ballot paper. Serwotka then beat Lanning with 41,000 to 33,000 votes.[8]

Following Serwotka's election, Reamsbottom refused to step down when his term of office expired, citing what he claimed were legal irregularities in the election process.[9] The dispute was taken to the High Court where Serwotka won and subsequently assumed office.[10][11]

In 2005, Serwotka was elected unopposed for another term as General Secretary; no other candidates were allowed to stand as he was the only candidate with the required 25 branch nominations. In 2009, Serwotka was re-elected for a five-year term, gaining 37,866 votes against Rob Bryson's 21,883.[12] In 2014, he was elected unopposed for a fourth five-year term.[13]

In the 2000 General Secretary election, Serwotka pledged that if elected he would only accept the equivalent of an average civil servant's wage. Serwotka returns around £8,000 of his annual salary to the union.[2] In 2011, his total package was worth £126,258 including pension contributions of £27,860.[14]

Political views

Serwotka was a member of Socialist Organiser in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He caused controversy during a speech at the 1985 Annual Conference of the Civil and Public Services Association when he described part-time workers, many of whom were trade union members, as "Scab Labour". He was later a supporter of the Socialist Alliance and then Respect.[15]

In February 2013, Serwotka was among those who gave their support to the People's Assembly in a letter published by The Guardian newspaper.[16]

Serwotka attempted to vote in the 2015 Labour Leadership Election, but was among those who had their vote rejected by the party.[17]

In March 2016, Serwotka rejoined the Labour Party after being expelled from it over 25 years earlier.[18] He wrote in The Huffington Post: "Jeremy [Corbyn] is the first Labour leader in a generation who unequivocally supports the unions and his opposition to the trade union bill has been crucial." He added "I have joined to support Jeremy in transforming the party. And I want as many people as possible to join Labour, and to get involved in the fight against cuts where they live. This is our chance to build a social movement and form a government that can offer hope to the millions of people that deserve so much better than these contemptible Tories."[19]

Personal life

Married, Serwotka is an avid Cardiff City fan and lives in Ceredigion, West Wales.

Ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI in September 2010, Serwotka was named as one of the hundred most influential Catholics in Britain by The Tablet.[20]

In 2013 he was fitted with a battery-powered ventricular assist device after picking up a viral infection from the family dog.[21] He was readmitted to hospital on 30 August 2016, when the ventricular assist device developed a clot and his doctors then placed him on the urgent transplant list. In December 2016 he had a heart transplant at Papworth Hospital.[22]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-26.html |publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=22 April 2014|date=26 April 2012|quote=Mr Mark.H.Serwotka, General Secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union, 49|location=London}}
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/07/24/union-boss-mark-serwotka-hits-out-at-fat-cat-claims-over-86-000-salary-91466-29103753|work=Wales Online|date=24 July 2011|title=Union boss Mark Serwotka hits out at 'fat cat' claims over £86,000 salary}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8288011/Union-talks-the-key-players.html|title=Union talks: the key players|author=Andy Bloxham|website=The Telegraph|date=28 Jan 2011|access-date=13 March 2018}}
4. ^https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/mark%C2%A0serwotka%C2%A0becomes-tuc-president%C2%A0
5. ^https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-antisemitism-israel-corbyn-mark-serwotka-tuc-trade-union-pcs-a8535986.html
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/s/22492/Mark%20Henryk+SERWOTKA.aspx|title=Mark Serwotka|publisher=Debretts|accessdate=2011-03-31|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830132131/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/s/22492/Mark%20Henryk+SERWOTKA.aspx|archivedate=30 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.labournet.net/ukunion/0207/pcs6.html|title=PCS Conspiracy Flashback: TUCETU, IRIS, and TRUEMID|date=18 July 2002|first=David|last=Osler}}
8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/may/29/politicalcolumnists.comment|location=London, UK|work=The Guardian|first=Paul|last=Foot|authorlink=Paul Foot (journalist)|title=Hard to say goodbye|date=29 May 2002}}
9. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/24/politics.tradeunions|location=London, UK|work=The Guardian|first=Kevin|last=Maguire|title=Union leader refuses to quit|date=24 May 2002}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2164504.stm|work=BBC News|title=Left-winger wins union court battle|date=31 July 2002}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pflcpsa.com/barry_court.htm|title=Case No: HC 02CO1433 Neutral Citation Number: [2002] EWHC 1642 Ch In the High Court of Justice Chancery Division|date=31 July 2002|accessdate=18 April 2013}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/B3BEC3CB-AEBB-4FA3-90C68F8D5DC28DC8|title=Mark Serwotka re-elected|publisher=PCS News centre|date=17 December 2009|accessdate=31 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114065030/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/B3BEC3CB-AEBB-4FA3-90C68F8D5DC28DC8|archivedate=14 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/mark-serwotka-re-elected-unopposed|archive-url=https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20141125023736/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/index.cfm/mark-serwotka-re-elected-unopposed|dead-url=yes|archive-date=25 November 2014|title=Mark Serwotka re-elected unopposed|publisher=PCS News centre|date=23 October 2014|accessdate=3 January 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.certoffice.org/CertificationOfficer/media/DocumentLibrary/PDF/753T_2011.pdf|title=Annual Return for a Trade Union|publisher=Certification Officer|accessdate=5 October 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006214806/http://www.certoffice.org/CertificationOfficer/media/DocumentLibrary/PDF/753T_2011.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4197262.stm|work=BBC News|title=Key players in the union movement|date=5 September 2007}}
16. ^People's Assembly opening letter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/05/people-assembly-against-austerity 5 February 2013, The Guardian Newspaper.
17. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34060453 | work=BBC News | title=Labour leadership: Mark Serwotka of PCS union has vote rejected | date=26 August 2015}}
18. ^{{cite news |last=Waugh|first=Paul|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/02/trade-union-leaders-mark-_n_9368740.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn Allies Mark Serwotka And Matt Wrack Have Been Readmitted To The Labour Party, HuffPostUK Reveals|work= |location= |publisher=The Huffington Post|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=15 July 2017}}
19. ^{{cite news |last=Serwotka|first=Mark|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/02/trade-union-leaders-mark-_n_9368740.html|title=I Have Rejoined Labour to Support Jeremy Corbyn|work= |location= |publisher=The Huffington Post|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=15 July 2017}}
20. ^{{cite news|title=The church that Pope Benedict will find in Britain |first=Stephen|last=Bates |work=The Guardian |date=14 September 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/14/religion-catholicism |location=London}}
21. ^{{cite news|title=Union leader who's kept alive by BATTERIES backs campaign for opt-out organ donor register|first=Kevin|last=Maguire|work=Daily Mirror|date=4 April 2016|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/union-leader-whos-kept-alive-7684138}}
22. ^{{cite web|title=Mark Serwotka has successful heart transplant|url=http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/pcs_comment.cfm/mark-serwotka-has-successful-heart-transplant|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211121814/http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/pcs_comment/pcs_comment.cfm/mark-serwotka-has-successful-heart-transplant|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 December 2016|website=PCS Public and Commercial Services Union|accessdate=23 December 2016|ref=heartTransplant}}

External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040819055301/http://www.pcs.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=300966 PCS Press release on the court case]
  • Labournet on the dispute
  • Article from the New Statesman
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9_J5A3Zww Mark Serwotka on HARDtalk (Video) – Part 1] 18.08.2008
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3foQ3V22UTA Mark Serwotka on HARDtalk (Video) – Part 2] 18.08.2008
  • [https://www.webcitation.org/5r9ATfMJ3?url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/profile/profile_20100710-1920a.mp3 BBC Radio 4: Profile: Mark Serwotka (podcast mp3 file)]
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