Aslef and FBU vote down disaffiliation
The Annual Assembly of Delegates (AAD, annual decision-making conference) of the train drivers’ union Aslef voted overwhelmingly, by 74-9, on 16 May to retain the union’s affiliation to the Labour Party. Activists organising to reject disaffiliation motions had been expecting it to be much closer than that. We welcome this vote, which came less than a week after the Fire Brigades Union conference voted down a disaffiliation motion 75-25. Aslef’s Executive Committee remains split on this issue, and this is unlikely to be the last time disaffiliation comes up at conference. It is important to...