Mervyn has worked for North Lincolnshire Council,and before that Humberside County Council, for 28 years, initially as a teacher, and for the last 14 years as a laboratory technician.
As a teacher he was an active member of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers.
In 1991 he became a steward in NUPE and was active both at local level and county wide. During that time he was a member and from time to time the Chair of the Education JCCs.
Following the creation of UNISON, he was Treasurer and Minute Secretary for the Humberside Joint Executive.
Mervyn was fully involved in the creation of the North Lincolnshire branch and was Treasurer since its formation until this year. In North Lincolnshire he has served on most negotiating groups and working parties in Education,was a representative on the former Education Committee and is a member of the Education Forum
Mervyn was elected as Branch Secretary in February of this year by a ballot of all members.
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