"There is some confusion" says the Unite union about Ed Miliband's speech earlier today:
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/uniteandthepoliticallevy/
You can say that again!
It appears that Ed Miliband is not proposing to make the Political Levy (which is a sort of danegeld payment on all union members, whether they support Labour or not) an "opt in"; he is merely suggesting that "affiliation" (which is a sort of forced conscription into the Labour party) becomes an "opt in".
Big deal.
I would guess that most union members do not even realise that they are automatically co-opted into a political party.
It is the Political Levy that is such an abomination.
It is of course a form of inertia selling, and if this scam was operated by a retailer the police would become involved.
Imagine you buy a washing machine or a television set, and when you get home you find that the retailer had signed you up for an insurance policy without your knowledge.
Imagine going back to the store and complaining, only to have the smarmy sales assistant say "Ah, but you didn't say you didn't want it".
That is what the unions are doing with the Political Levy.
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/uniteandthepoliticallevy/
You can say that again!
It appears that Ed Miliband is not proposing to make the Political Levy (which is a sort of danegeld payment on all union members, whether they support Labour or not) an "opt in"; he is merely suggesting that "affiliation" (which is a sort of forced conscription into the Labour party) becomes an "opt in".
Big deal.
I would guess that most union members do not even realise that they are automatically co-opted into a political party.
It is the Political Levy that is such an abomination.
It is of course a form of inertia selling, and if this scam was operated by a retailer the police would become involved.
Imagine you buy a washing machine or a television set, and when you get home you find that the retailer had signed you up for an insurance policy without your knowledge.
Imagine going back to the store and complaining, only to have the smarmy sales assistant say "Ah, but you didn't say you didn't want it".
That is what the unions are doing with the Political Levy.
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