Union members vote to keep political funds
Submitted on 19 November, 2004 - 19:57
On Friday 12 November 2004, eight unions closed their political fund review ballots - ASLEF, BECTU, CATU, CWU, FBU, GMB, TSSA and USDAW. All achieved overwhelming yes votes, with an average 77% affirmative vote.
This brings the total number of unions to achieve massive yes votes, in this the third round of review ballots, to 16.
ASLEF - 80% yes on 49% turnout
BECTU - 75% yes on 29% turnout
CATU - 67% yes on 19% turnout
CWU - 73% yes on 33% turnout
FBU - 74% yes on 42% turnout
GMB - 88% yes on 19% turnout
TSSA - 78% yes on 26% turnout
USDAW - 81% yes on 18% turnout.
The RMT's political fund ballot result is expected at the end of November.
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RMT result
Yes 21,131 (88.2%)
No 2,840 (11.8%)
Turnout 36.9%