Diana Holland
Assistant General Secretary,
Diana Holland
Assistant General Secretary,
Biography
Diana Holland is UNITE Assistant General Secretary for Equalities and Transport and Food Industrial sectors. She has many years’ experience as a union negotiator and representative, particularly campaigning against low and unfair pay, discrimination, exploitation and hazardous work. Her campaigning with others has achieved new standards for many – from migrant domestic workers to fuel tanker delivery drivers. She is a Board member of the Food & Drink National Skills Academy, a trustee of the Alex Ferry Foundation, was part of the ILO Experts Group which led to the new ILO Convention on Violence & Harassment in the World of Work, the government’s senior stakeholder group on the Equality Act 2010 and Labour’s Minimum Wage preparatory group.
She is a member of the ITF Executive Board, Chair of the ITF Women Transport Workers Committee, former President of the Confederation of Shipbuilding & Engineering unions, the elected Labour Party Treasurer, and in 2001 was awarded the OBE for services to equal opportunities in employment.