This is our election statement. I will post the full slate later (which will include others who put forward a separate statement).
"We are seeking election to represent the views of APF payers in
the London Region on the Regional Labour Link Committee and at the National
Labour Link Forum.
The Tory-led Coalition Government continues to drive through its
plans to privatise our schools and NHS, and cut essential public services and
jobs which hit the poor and the vulnerable hardest. We need to get all
our members involved in the Labour Party at all levels, through affiliating to
their local CLP and building links with local Councillors and MP’s to ensure
that their views are heard and understood and that trade union issues are kept
on the political agenda. We need to use our influence in the Labour Party
to campaign for a real alternative to the coalition’s damaging cuts.
As active UNISON and Labour Party
members we support the link we have with the Labour Party, and strongly believe
in supporting the Party, but also in campaigning for or against change where it
impacts on our members.
The recent statements made by the Labour Party leadership about public sector pay restraint and cuts have been very unwelcome and unhelpful. We believe the best way to respond is to be part of campaigns within the Party to reverse the leadership’s decision to back these damaging policies.
In less than 3
months Labour faces its biggest electoral challenge since the General Election
– the London elections. We are proud of the role our union has played in
the campaign to date, but we must do more in the last few essential weeks to
get every UNISON member in London voting Labour. It’s time to get rid of
Boris Johnson and Brian Coleman and return Ken Livingstone to City Hall and a
Labour majority on the GLA".
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