Now -read the book!

Here is a link to my memoirs which, if you are a glutton for punishment, you can purchase online at https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/an-obscure-footnote-in-trade-union-history.
Men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. (William Morris - A Dream of John Ball)

Monday, June 08, 2015

I'm back...

‎I've been narrowly re-elected to UNISON's National Executive Council, with 51.8% of the vote (but on a turnout of just 6.2%).

I'll comment further on the election results later. For now I offer my congratulations to all other successful candidates.

The derisory turnout in a ballot which the law requires to be undertaken by post to home addresses underlines the case against the Government's proposed new restrictions on strike ballots.

If we really want to democratise our trade unions and increase our members' engagement in our decision-making we need to be able to organise ballots in workplace and make full use of electronic communications and social media.

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the EE network.

2 comments:

Nick Venedi said...

Thats a landslide as they say on the Easter islands mate. Well done Jon of the Rogers otherwise known as Jon of the Rogers. May you continou to challenge and irritate those who have doubts..

treborc said...

Well done....