CWU needs a political fund but also political representation

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is this month balloting all members on whether to retain its political fund.

All trade unions with such a fund legally have to hold a full postal ballot every ten years.

Recent CWU campaigns, including opposing Royal Mail privatisation, the remote sourcing of BT call centres and post office closures, have relied heavily on the political fund.

The union leadership, recognising the anger towards the Labour Party from rank and file members, has stated that: "Political fund review ballots are not about affiliation to the Labour Party."

Labour allowed the Con-Dem government to privatise the Royal Mail without so much as a whimper.

The Labour leadership went further by overturning the decision of its conference to renationalise the service if it wins the 2015 general election!

The CWU should run a separate poll over its affiliation to the Labour Party.

It is important that trade union members have a political voice. For that reason the Socialist Party supports the retention of the political fund.

But this support is alongside campaigning for disaffiliation from the pro-austerity Labour Party and laying the foundations for a new mass workers' party.

Carl Harper, Peterborough Royal Mail worker

[knackeredneedadayoff]

The political fund has done what,stopped us been privatised ,reduced workload ,stopped harassment and bullying or anything to improve a postmans lot.
The answer is no,CWU head office and there workers do that and are paid to do it,if needs be they should be out with there banners outside parliament or doing the media properly not like the amateurs they show on the news,they rake in a fortune so results should show this and not adding to the gravy train of politics

[PHARRY]

We don't want a political fund at all get rid of it

[north london driver]

i cannot believe billy hayes is involved in all this makes you wonder if he,s going to do a johnson special.
we should use the money from the political fund give it to labour on the understanding they take billy of our hands.
by the way vote no

[Red Robbo]

i cannot believe billy hayes is involved in all this makes you wonder if he,s going to do a johnson special.
we should use the money from the political fund give it to labour on the understanding they take billy of our hands.
by the way vote no

Lord Billy ??

[raikky]

someone told me you can write to cwu hq asking for your subs not to be given to the labour party. its not much but everyone should do this.

[mdm]

someone told me you can write to cwu hq asking for your subs not to be given to the labour party. its not much but everyone should do this.

You can opt out, that's what I did from the first day I joined the union 16 years ago. No chance that shower is getting my hard earned money.