Labour 'failing to connect with working-class communities': CWU leader Dave Ward
THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted yesterday to suspend any donations outside of its affiliation fees to the national Labour Party.
At the union’s special conference, members voted to ensure additional funding outside of nominal affiliation fees would instead go to specific Labour candidates and campaigns that support the CWU’s industrial and political aims, and to support the selection and election of such candidates.
The motion was passed as part of a wide-ranging debate on the union’s future relationship with the Labour Party, during which general secretary Dave Ward opposed disaffiliation from Labour but called for a new relationship based on working proactively with Labour leaders across the country who are delivering for CWU members.
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