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Unite general secretary Len McCluskey
UNION leaders vehemently rejected suggestions today that the Labour Party should end its long-standing links with trade unions.
Christine Shawcroft, who sits on Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), claimed “major trade unions are actively opposed” to party members and said it was “time to support disaffiliation of the unions from the Labour Party.”
The suggestion was roundly criticised by union leaders, with Unite general secretary Len McCluskey calling for her to withdraw the comments while Unison general secretary Dave Prentis dismissed them as “wrong on every count.”
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
