Left Unity – Failed Union Leadership Resorts to Lies

As PCS elections begin Left Unity, the increasingly discredited leadership of PCS, resorts to lies in a desperate attempt to divert attention from its failings – most significantly the handling of the national campaign which it “paused” (ended) last year when more could have been won by stepping up the action.

Arising out of a recent NEC meeting they claim that “BLN Calls for Labour Party Affiliation”. This is a lie and they know it. The Broad Left Network is opposed to Labour Party affiliation and supports the PCS agreed political strategy of only supporting candidates who agree with our union policies.

It is Left Unity which has a record of unconditional support for Labour, when at the last general election, it called for support for all Labour Party candidates including those who had backed austerity measures.

The truth is that at the last NEC meeting a BLN member expressed a personal view that the union should affiliate to Labour believing this would help turn it back into a workers’ party. This is not the agreed BLN policy. However, the BLN is an open and democratic organisation made up of activists from all parts of the union who are committed to the core principles of BLN such as on union democracy and equality.

The BLN recognises the right of individual members and groups to hold and express different views so long as they do not conflict with its core principles and values. The question of Labour Party affiliation is an example of this.

Unlike Left Unity, the BLN does not weaponise differences and attack its own members for having differences. The BLN is however, totally united on fighting for: –

   -a democratic union

   -a union run by its members

   – a campaigning union committed to restoring real term pay levels which have been driven down under the leadership of Left Unity.

The BLN is not interested in stunts and deceit. We leave that to Left Unity. We are serious about the action needed to restore members faith and pride in our union and are fighting the 2024 union elections on this basis.