DELEGATES at Aslef’s annual conference in Cardiff have voted to donate £1,000 to the Morning Star.
Simon Weller, assistant general secretary at the train drivers’ union, told conference: “It’s always been said that the people in power should read two newspapers: the Financial Times, to know what business thinks, and the Morning Star, to know what the workers think.
“Although we have issues with some of its coverage, especially of trans issues and the war in Ukraine, we believe we should help a newspaper which, every day, reports accurately and honestly, about the labour movement and our battles in this country.”
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