CWU members are saying no to "partnership"
By "Postal Worker" Postal workers have sent a clear message on "partnership" by booting the current Deputy General Secretary of the CWU out of office. Former London Divisional Rep Dave Ward beat Blairite John Keggie by 2,600 votes. The Keggie result is the latest warning to bureaucrats everywhere of the price of associating oneself with New Labour. Keggie's one-time militant image has been discredited by years of sell-out deals with Royal Mail management. But, whilst he is a better sort of bureaucrat than Keggie, Ward is still capable of negotiating agreements that do not meet the aspirations...