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TRAIN drivers have voted overwhelmingly to retain their union’s political fund, the Aslef union revealed yesterday.
In a ballot which has to be held every 10 years, members of Aslef backed the fund by four to one.
General secretary Mick Whelan said: “I’m delighted that we have maintained our right to play the fullest part in our democratic society. Not to have had a political fund would have limited what we can do to defend our members’ interests.”
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
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