A well deserved hat tip to MJ at Union Futures for publishing a report from last weekend’s UNISON National Labour Link forum which provides some useful detail and analysis (in contrast to reporting elsewhere).
What concerned me when I read other, somewhat Panglossian, online reports is reinforced now that a sober assessment is available – it appears that the Damascene conversion of our General Secretary to the position of the left in the Union about the Labour Link has yet to be followed through in any meaningful way.
UNISON Labour Link is not widely considered to be the most dynamic and effective part of our trade union, but the failure effectively and urgently to engage with the challenge set by the General Secretary’s Conference speech sets a new standard of inadequacy.
There are people trying to fight for our policies in and with the Labour Party. If all we are doing is inviting a few Ministers to a Forum meeting so we can congratulate ourselves for having asked them some difficult questions then we are making ourselves irrelevant to that fight.
Which is a shame.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
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John Gray's comments about being "soft on the BNP" go well beyond the usual name-calling of left politics. A solicitor's letter to remind him of the penalties for libel might be called for!
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