Unison Labour Link suspends support for Labour

Submitted by AWL on 23 March, 2006 - 10:14

"Unison Labour Link", the structure by which the giant public services union Unison deals with its relations with the Labour Party, has suspended its support for Labour. Its statement reads:

In the circumstances of the union taking national industrial action against the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, named as Regulator and decision maker regarding the LGPS, in is felt that it is not appropriate or politically sensible to be organising, on one hand, for industrial action by the union while sending out letters and leaflets to many of the same members asking them to vote Labour.

The decision has been taken to suspend our election campaigning work for Labour in the May elections while the industrial action is going on.

Labour Link will not be giving any further donations or support to the campaign until we reach a solution to the present LGPS issue.

This is a decision that affects our work for Labour’s election campaign in May nationally and locally.

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