Union discrimination…
by Philip
There are a few political figures who gain respect because they say things as they see them, rather than speaking as a party automaton, towing the party line line like a good party apparatchik.
One such figure is Trevor Phillips who only a few weeks ago said that a Barack Obama figure was unlikely in the UK as the labour party apparatus was inherently racist. This probably went down like the proverbial leaden balloon with his party colleagues, despite its truth.He said the following:
“The parties and the unions and the think-tanks are all very happy to sign up to the general idea of advancing the cause of minorities but in practice they would like somebody else to do the business. It’s institutional racism.”
Mr Phillips claimed The Conservatives have done better than Labour at increasing the number of black and Asian candidates.
“They are less democratic. They are happier to impose candidates on the local parties,” he said, adding Labour was too in hock to “the trade unions, the socialist societies, the left intelligentsia, and until you get them to accept that they have got a responsibility do something it is almost impossible for the party leadership to make progress.”
As if to prove a correlated point the GMB union have just had permission to appeal to the House of Lords refused. The GMB had under settled many hundreds of female members equal pay claims and also given them information on those claims that was grossly misleading. According to the Daniel Barnett employment law newsletter thousands of union members will now sue their trade union for discrimination for the way their claim was dealt with. In the equal pay claims it looks like the Trade Unions have not done the business but left private sector lawyers, notably Stefan Cross, to ensure women’s pay is protected.
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