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Elect Roger Bannister:
A workers' leader on a worker's wage
SOCIALIST PARTY member Roger Bannister will be challenging public sector
union UNISON's link with the Labour Party in the forthcoming general secretary
election.
Roger is the only candidate posing a real challenge to the union's links
with Labour. He has pledged to ballot the members on this issue if he is
elected general secretary.
The two other candidates are clearly associated with the Labour Party.
On hearing of his success in the nomination process, Roger Bannister said:
"It is great news for UNISON members that they will have the opportunity to
show their opposition to wasting millions of pounds of members' money on the
Labour Party in this election. The other candidates are both Labour Party
members who wish to see the status quo continue.
"Why should we bankroll a party that attacks our pensions, privatises
public services and holds public sector pay down?"
Ballot papers are due to be distributed from 25 January. The ballot runs to
28 February and the result will be announced on 9 March.
From 17 January, Socialist Party branches will be targeting UNISON members'
workplaces with leaflets explaining Roger's programme.
In this issue
 Tsunami disaster: cancel the debt
Tsunami disaster: It's business as usual for the politicians
Tsunami disaster: Will the West's aid ever arrive?
Action needed on global warming
Sri Lanka after the tsunami - opportunities and tensions
End the occupation of Iraq
Protest against the occupation of Iraq
Racist police beat up Palestinian student
A workers' leader on a worker's wage
An eventful year for a Socialist councillor
Blunkett: a study in opportunism
Coventry single status 'deal' - but same rip-off
Dirty profits hit hospitals
Vera Drake
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