I want to share a very welcome message I received from our General Secretary on Friday;
“Today I want to thank every one of you who played a part in the campaign.From the outset we believed that if Labour could shift the debate onto public services, it could strike a chord with the electorate and…Read more…
Bliss that it was in that dawn still to be at the count?
The day after a General Election (particularly one that leads to a hung Parliament) is full of people so deprived of sleep that we can barely think sagely offering our opinions as if this was a good idea.
Theresa May was so woozy she thought it a good …Read more…
UNISON disciplinary action – they all lived happily ever after?
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The timing of complaints to the Certification Officer
Regular readers (Sid and Doris Rulebook Anorak) will know that this blog is knowledgeable about the work of the Certification Officer, to whom some bloke called Coyne has today complained about the recent election for General Secretary of UNITE.
This C…Read more…
The most important thing you can do
Recent posts on this niche blog might lead readers to conclude that I was currently mostly concerned with what was going on within UNISON.
Not at all.
Much as I love my trade union and its members I do not make the mistake of exaggerating the signific…Read more…
How the UNISON NEC election results demonstrate the need for change in our trade union
Having occasionally got into hot water for criticising employees of my own trade union, I think it only right to commend those UNISON staff who are ensuring that anyone who requests the detailed breakdown of the voting in the elections to our National Executive gets them immediately.
That’s not to…Read more…
UNISON’s leadership is losing its grip on the National Executive Council
After seven times winning a seat on the UNISON National Executive Council (NEC) against right-wing opposition I chose not to stand in the elections, the results of which were declared yesterday. As I have already observed, I am very happy to stand down undefeated and get on with life – and I am…Read more…
What were the four recommendations to UNISON from the (Assistant) Certification Officer?
The decision of the (Assistant) Certification Officer, issued now online following a lengthy hearing, and including considerable criticism of some conduct associated with the last UNISON General Secretary election (and a declaration that UNISON breache…Read more…
UNISON Certification Officer decision published in full
The decision of the (Assistant) Certification Officer in the recent case involving the UNISON General Secretary election is now available online.
Diligent readers can now decide for yourselves whether my earlier assessment of the implications of the ru…Read more…
The UNISON NEC results – in London and beyond
The results of the UNISON NEC elections are out.
I am particularly pleased that Sean Fox has won the seat which I have held for the past fourteen years in the Greater London Region, and that my comrades Sonya Howard and Helen Davies have held their sea…Read more…
“Rule Book Rogers” demonised and exposed?
Regular readers of this blog (Sid and Doris National Secretary) will be aware that I am the very soul of modesty and am self-effacing almost to the point of vanishing.
It is therefore very difficult for me to have to share with you certain extracts fro…Read more…
The implications of the Certification Officer decision in UNISON’s Greater London Region
UNISON has commented on the outcome of the various complaints made to the Certification Officer by several complainants (including your blogger).
The Union welcomes the decision of the ACO (Assistant Certification Officer) to “uphold the result of the 2015 general secretary election and reject the…Read more…
Electoral malpractice in UNISON?
Contrary to recent information that the decision would be delayed, today the parties to the recent Certification Officer hearing concerning the 2015 UNISON General Secretary election received the decision of the Assistant Certification Officer.
The decision – with its appendices – runs to 114 pages…Read more…
Unity
I’ll stick to my pledge not to spend too much time commenting on an election campaign in which it is more important to get on with campaigning.
However, there are some things worth a word or two (just as there are some things about which it is best to keep one’s counsel for a few weeks yet).
I was…Read more…
The TUC sinking to new depths?
I know I said I wouldn’t blog much during the campaign.
But this rubbish does warrant some comment.
Really TUC?
A “cautious welcome” to proposals from the authors of the latest Trade Union Act?
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The General Election – locally and nationally
This week I have been spending my working hours getting back to working in my “day job” now that I am no longer seconded to trade union duties, and some of the rest of my time dealing with Labour’s General Election campaign in Brighton Pavilion.
I don’t intend to blog much about the election…Read more…
Fog in the channel conceals sneaky Eurocrats…?
We appear to have – in Theresa May – a Tory leader prepared to stoke wild, if not paranoid, xenophobia in order both to rally her troops for a so-called “hard Brexit” and to prepare her alibi when she fails to negotiate any sort of satisfactory agreement with the EU 27.
The Grauniad is reporting…Read more…
Back to blogging – for Labour victories
Regular readers (Sid and Doris Blogger) will have noticed the dust gathering on this blog recently.
In the last fortnight I have attended my last meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Committee and my last negotiating meeting with my employer as Secretary of Lambeth’s Joint Trade Unions (a…Read more…
A General Election unlike others?
If we learned one thing today it is that the Fixed Term Parliaments Act is a dead letter.
What opposition Party would ever vote against a Government motion to call a General Election? Will any MPs do so tomorrow?
Whether or not Theresa May was influenc…Read more…
Government consultation on fines for trade unions
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