Wednesday 19 October 2016

Unite Assistant General Secretary Responds


FOR purposes of balance on behalf of Northern Voices, I wrote an e-mail to the Assistance General Secretary of Unite the Union, requesting the union's response to the statement from the Alec McFadden Defence Campaign.   See below for the details which are self-explanatory: 
Dear Gail, 
I'm sorry to send this to you but Mick Whittley (North West regional officer) is not available at present.  The Northern Voices Blog has already published a post defending Alec McFadden from Liz Epps without comment:  see below.  Can you please give me the Unite position on this case?  We want to be balanced in our reporting of this case.
Brian Bamford:  Joint-Editor of Northern Voices 
Brian, 
In response to your email, Unite does not comment on its internal disciplinary proceedings at all, beyond saying that we believe all the correct procedures were followed in the case highlighted.

Regards,
Gail
Gail Cartmail,  Assistant General Secretary , Unite the Union,
128 Theobalds Road, 
London. WC1X 8TN

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