Gill Hale

Gill Hale is Regional Secretary for the public service trade union, UNISON.

The Northern Region of UNISON is a geographical area covering Northumberland, Durham, Cumbria, Tyne & Wear and Tees Valley.  UNISON has more than 94,000 members across the Region working in  Local Government, the Health Service, Further and Higher Education, the Police Service, Public Transport, the Utilities and the community & voluntary sector.

Prior to the creation of UNISON in 1993 Gill served for six years as regional secretary for COHSE the health service union, which together with NUPE and NALGO merged to form the new union.

In addition to her work for UNISON Gill is the Chair of the Northern Regional TUC – the first woman elected to that office – which brings together almost 60 trade unions covering more than 450,000 of the Region’s workforce.

Prior to moving to the North East, she worked for COHSE in Sheffield, and before that was employed in the Health Service.

Gill was brought up and education in Kent and has a degree in Fine Art.

She lives in Clara Vale in Ryton and is a keen gardener.