Sharon Graham has demanded Starmer's workers rights deal not be watered down, yet has suddenly now had a change of heart?
Right, so Sharon Graham, the General Secretary of Unite the Union has for quite some time been giving Keir Starmer the bene…
Sharon Graham has demanded Starmer's workers rights deal not be watered down, yet has suddenly now had a change of heart?
Right, so Sharon Graham, the General Secretary of Unite the Union has for quite some time been giving Keir Starmer the benefit of the doubt time after time when it comes to her unions support for his party, for the party of course that was built by the trade union movement, for ordinary working class people and therefore if they aren't at the heart of Labour policy, trade unions, should be giving them a wide berth. Sharon likes to draw red lines for Starmer when he pushes her limits, or appears to, though those red lines appear to shift faster than Starmer ever seems to and so we come to what was ostensibly Labour's last actual pitch for working class people, which was Labour's New Deal for Workers. Well the red lines were drawn again and for the last week she's been quite critical of the draft plans she's seen, yet yesterday, all of a sudden, she seems to think it's the best thing since sliced bread. So what exactly has changed then Sharon? Other than you yet again, being seen to be too close to the Starmer regime?
Right, so Sharon Graham, General Secretary of the Unite Union, my union, everyone should be in a trade union, but that doesn't necessarily mean you can't criticise or hold them to account and Graham for me has been a disappointment from the get go and she's racked up quite the resume of reasons for that.
For example, when independent film Oh Jeremy Corbyn: The Big Lie was out last year, famously banned from Glastonbury, but workarounds were found, the whole thing is now available on YouTube if you haven't already, Graham banned it from all Unite properties, on the basis it was antisemitic, despite nothing of the kind being true, the film combats racism, combats the racism inherent in false accusations, and on one occasion when a screening was due to happen in Bristol, a book-signing by investigative journalist Asa Winstanley and hi..
