For shame Derek

Certainly no fan of the bigoted fish wrapper the Daily Mail, I did decide to look on its website today after hearing on the radio about its attack on Derek Simpson, joint General Secretary of Unite.

It claims that he has repeatedly stayed in £399 a night rooms at the Waldorf hotel rather than take the 35-minute journey to his £800,000 grace-and-favour home.

Thankfully I am no longer a member of Unite. This man is an embarrassment to the trade union movement and it is time the members turned their backs on him.

There is candidate who is worthy of the position of general secretary. Jerry Hicks has been running an excellent campaign and has rightly criticised the current leadership of Unite and has pledged to only take the wage of an average skilled worker if elected.

Find out more about Jerry's campaign at http://jerryhicks.wordpress.com/

Vote for Jerry Hicks

There were several reasons behind my decision to move from Amicus to UCU a couple of years ago. One of those reasons was my distaste for Amicus leadership who supported the arms industry, nuclear power and blocked the motion for a boycott of Coca Cola at the War on Want conference. Things have not changed in Unite, only recently Unite spoke out in favour of runway 3 at Heathrow.

It is therefore refreshing to see a candidate for General Secretary who speaks out against Heathrow expansion and nuclear power. Furthermore he is committed to only taking the salary of an average skilled worker, rather than the £100,000+ salary enjoyed by current General Secretary Derek Simpson.

The Green Party Trade Union Group have produced the following statement:

The Green Party Trade Union Group does not seek to instruct Amicus members how to vote in their internal ballot, but notes that Jerry Hicks HAS made statements on environmental policy that GPTU would support. GPTU therefore asks Amicus members to consider this when choosing how to vote.

Find out more about Jerry's campaign at http://jerryhicks.wordpress.com/