The Socialist 6 December 2007

System change not climate change

Feature: The free market brings fire, flood and famine

For decent public transport!

DWP strike: Fighting low pay

Socialists and the trade union leaderships

Labour's funding scandal

How New Labour got hooked

Grayscale

No to academy schools!

Compulsory school to 18 - a rosy future for young people?

Child poverty rises

Rail fares unfair

Chavez referendum result a big setback

Annapolis - a framework for further conflict

Intelligence on Iran wrong

Disunited Russia

Italy: transport strike

Kosova: After the elections - before the explosion

Northern Ireland classroom assistants

Argos strike in southern Ireland

South African miners strike over safety

The socialist review: 'Taking Liberties'

Keep the 'people's Post Office' public

CWU ballot result

Unison's right wing still witch-hunting

Save Cadbury jobs!

Manchester's striking mental health workers: Defending trade union rights

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Unison's right wing still witch-hunting

The witch-hunt against the five officers of some London Unison branches has not yet been resolved.

Four London branches at Unison's national and local government conference in June 2007 produced a leaflet complaining about the number of resolutions being removed form the agenda by the standing orders committee. They used the well-known cartoon of three monkeys saying: "Hear no evil, speak no evil and see no evil" to emphasise how the union was ignoring branch rights at conference.

This then led to a ridiculous situation where the right wing claimed the leaflet was racist and called for an enquiry. Since then there have been hearings but no further progress on whether or not the five officers will have to face disciplinary charges.

The campaign against the witch-hunt nevertheless continues as a warning to the right wing that if they do press these false charges against these officers (four of whom are members of the Socialist Party) then they will kick up merry hell in the union. The union itself will be brought into disrepute by this wasting of the members' money and resources.

The campaign has received copies of letters addressed to the general secretary Dave Prentis, supporting those under threat and basically telling the union leadership that they are out of order.

They remind the leadership that the workers are engaged in struggle with the employers and the last thing they need is for the union to attack their own branch officers. The only people who would win under these circumstances are the bosses.

For more information see: www.stopthewitchhunt.org.uk

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