Why did trade union leaders vote against their own policies and members interests to defeat amendment calling for Labour to end austerity policies in 2015? Mover George McManus to Labours National Policy Forum: This amendment was motivated by the desire to communicate a message for the benefit of those workers that we should not box ourselves in to George’s Osborne’s austerity spending plans. Austerity, in my opinion is not the solution to our problems, it is in fact the cause. I want to see us win the election and the two Eds getting on with the job... I don’t think the message workers are getting is the right one. Promising more austerity could damage, not improve our election chances. Comrades, people don’t march to war behind leaders who wave a policy document or a fiscal projection. They march behind leaders who show courage and have a vision of a better life with the clear messages that go with that.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:51:35 +0000