Les4GS - Get The Vote Out!!!

The following email was sent out by Les4GS

Dear Supporter

As the ballot for Unite General Secretary moves into its final weeks it is more important than ever to GET THE VOTE OUT!

The past week has shown that we are in a fight for the future of Unite. The dividing lines have been drawn between policies that will take the union forward or policies that will be divisive, hold us back, and will not unify our union.

In less than two weeks I will be asking every supporter and activist to continue to make sure members have returned their ballot papers and voted for LES BAYLISS – a vote for the future.

It is important you remind members of the key policies I have promoted throughout my campaign:

A BETTER UNION – develop a 24-hour/7-day a week contact centre with well trained and experienced Officials and Staff. Disseminate information to all members using modern communications and a regular union magazine.

BETTER JUDGEMENT - support industrial disputes, using strategic planning, campaigning and communications.

BETTER SUPPORT - invest more in training Unite representatives and invest more in informing, educating and advising members.

BETTER JOBS – use every resource available to create better jobs, pay, conditions and security in jobs.

DEFEND LAY MEMBER CONTROL AND THE RULE BOOK
Over the past weeks we have seen proposals by one group in the union to change recently agreed structures in order to control Unite via small, unrepresentative cliques, sitting in committee rooms - telling members what’s best for them.

Thousands of members who have joined Unite expect to have their say and play their part in a modern, campaigning and vibrant union not an organisation based on outdated structures.

To do this, I intend to defend and develop the structure we have built - to give working members and lay reps real control over the union, through our autonomous industrial sectors, our regions and our equalities structures.

WINNING BACK THE LABOUR PARTY
Unite was instrumental in electing Ed Miliband as leader of the Labour Party. My task will be to win back Labour for working people. I will work with the leadership of the Labour Party to ensure that not only do we win a majority the next election, but that we also return Labour MPs committed to the policies and values of Unite.

There is still much to do and every vote counts.

So, GET THE VOTE OUT and remind your members, workmates and family members who are Unite members who have not voted - to vote for the future and VOTE FOR LES BAYLISS.

In Solidarity – thanks for all your support!

Les Bayliss