One worrying thing that I picked up yesterday at SERTUC was that soon the House of Commons will be debating a clause that would make it very difficult to expel fascists from trade unions. Section 18 of the Employment Bill was originally brought in by the government following the success of ASLEF in the European Court over the expulsion of a BNP member. The House of Lords have amended the section to such an extent that many fear that fascists would not be able to be expelled. Fascism is clearly incompatible with trade unionism.
On Saturday Unite pleaded with all unions who have parliamentary influence to lobby MPs to make sure that this amendment is knocked back. The measure may be debated as early as this week apparently.
Check out the Hope Not Hate website here where you can download a template letter to send to your MP.
