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Trade unions must engage on changes to our voting system
Former Assistant General Secretary of Unite the Union When you move into a position of power and responsibility, whether elected or appointed, it becomes incumbent on you to know a bit about everything. You receive a mass of information, more than you can ever read, never mind digest and analyse for yourself, but you have to make decisions at speed. …
Continue readingCommunications Workers Union votes to support proportional representation
Amid all the political drama over the weekend, with the fallout from the elections and then calls on the Prime Minister to resign, there was also a significant development in the campaign for proportional representation. On Sunday, members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted decisively to reject Westminster’s failing First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system and back a move to …
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