Readers of this blog know where to go for occasionally
obscure and often tedious posts about the state of the trade union movement in
general and UNISON in particular.
This Friday lunchtime I can offer a signpost
to some weekend reading for those of you interested in the impending
hearing in front of the Assistant Certification Officer (ACO) of a number of
complaints arising from last year’s election for the position
of UNISON General Secretary. As one of the complainants I declare an interest.
This
link is to the decision of the ACO from the recent preliminary hearing and
provides details of all the complaints which are to be heard, and the issues to
be decided by the ACO at the final hearing on 19, 20 and 21 December.
I shall not provide a running commentary on further
preparations for the hearing, but will remark that, at paragraph 7(b) of the
decision it is confirmed that, save for one particular disagreement between the
Union and some of the claimants, the essential accuracy of the recording and transcript
of a meeting of UNISON staff which took place at UNISON’s Greater London
Regional Office in Congress House on 21 October 2015 is not at issue (although
it would appear that the “context” of the meeting may be an issue).
As regular readers (Sid and Doris Blogger) would expect, I shall remind you that I
make no allegations against the successful candidate, Dave Prentis (who had “clean
hands” in relation to that meeting) – you can read the complaints which I
am making on pages 7 and 8 of the decision
from the preliminary hearing (which is itself a public document).
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