This article doesn’t tell us what Labour is specifically doing (or not doing) with regards to the Coventry binmen pay dispute.
>Coventry City Council told LabourList that it made two offers, which were a tax-free payment of £4,000 for working the week of Christmas
Bloody hell that is a massive bonus for working over christmas!
> In an escalation of the row, Graham tweeted on Wednesday night: “Let me be very clear – the remaining financial support of Labour Party is now under review. Your behaviour and mistreatment of our members will not be accepted. It’s time to act like labour, be the party for workers.”
By all means… Pull it, then stop assuming you have the right to dictate how Labour behaves and piss off.
Okay, so brushing all the specifics aside for a moment, Unite are signalling that if it came down to it, they would be happy with another Conservative govt, and that this would serve their members best?!
Because surely there’s more than one way to deal with a dispute, and the threat to pull funding clearly puts Labour at an even bigger disadvantage in the next election.
>Keir Starmer’s party insists it is ‘under new management’
It’s not his fault if it isn’t the management you were expecting…
Labour needs to get rid of Unite, they are actively working to sabotage the party.
A very big bust-up with Unite might be exactly what Labour needs from a PR perspective. But where would they plug the funding hole?
Clowns to the left and jokers to the right… anyone remember that song? I’m pretty done with all politicians in the UK, sadly the only way there is true change won’t happen, the public is to passive. Viva the sofa revolution of moaning but doing nothing to change it!
Damn, the Conservatives are currently in the shit with Boris at a low and now the left wants to start tearing itself apart again?
Fuck sake.
The new General Secretary of Unite made it quite clear this would be the case if Labour did not represent the needs of their members. The new GMB GS has said the same. Starmer has made it clear he wants to limit the trade union link as much as possible through his actions. What other outcome do you expect?
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This article doesn’t tell us what Labour is specifically doing (or not doing) with regards to the Coventry binmen pay dispute.
>Coventry City Council told LabourList that it made two offers, which were a tax-free payment of £4,000 for working the week of Christmas
Bloody hell that is a massive bonus for working over christmas!
> In an escalation of the row, Graham tweeted on Wednesday night: “Let me be very clear – the remaining financial support of Labour Party is now under review. Your behaviour and mistreatment of our members will not be accepted. It’s time to act like labour, be the party for workers.”
By all means… Pull it, then stop assuming you have the right to dictate how Labour behaves and piss off.
Okay, so brushing all the specifics aside for a moment, Unite are signalling that if it came down to it, they would be happy with another Conservative govt, and that this would serve their members best?!
Because surely there’s more than one way to deal with a dispute, and the threat to pull funding clearly puts Labour at an even bigger disadvantage in the next election.
I wouldn’t worry about it. I hear Starmer’s already got a rock solid plan for handling this. He’s replacing the lost union funds [with funding from the Chinese government](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17318223/chinese-spy-claim-donation-labour-party/)…
…he did tell you in the Huffington Post article
>Keir Starmer’s party insists it is ‘under new management’
It’s not his fault if it isn’t the management you were expecting…
Labour needs to get rid of Unite, they are actively working to sabotage the party.
A very big bust-up with Unite might be exactly what Labour needs from a PR perspective. But where would they plug the funding hole?
Clowns to the left and jokers to the right… anyone remember that song? I’m pretty done with all politicians in the UK, sadly the only way there is true change won’t happen, the public is to passive. Viva the sofa revolution of moaning but doing nothing to change it!
Damn, the Conservatives are currently in the shit with Boris at a low and now the left wants to start tearing itself apart again?
Fuck sake.
The new General Secretary of Unite made it quite clear this would be the case if Labour did not represent the needs of their members. The new GMB GS has said the same. Starmer has made it clear he wants to limit the trade union link as much as possible through his actions. What other outcome do you expect?