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John@carrhall.freeserve.co.uk
writes:
We will consider the
Treasurers position at the next meeting which will be January/February
Regarding the merger; there
had been a meeting of the both unions to consider the Instrument of
amalgamation in light of feed back from members. Several important changes had
been made in relation to equalities and democratic structure. They are all positive.
This was reported to the NEC on Wednesday.
During Saturdays meeting
Gillard's crew raised many objections some of them based on real issues, but
many of them based on misinterpretation of the existing Instrument. They
individually stated these issues as the reason why they would vote against the
merger. All of this was in line with the Gillard analysis that you had passed
on to me and I had passed onto Derek. Derek sat through it patiently and then
addressed each issue by explaining that the new instrument resolved it or that
the original instrument was being misinterpreted. He then addressed each
dissenter in turn and said words to the effect of 'now I have resolved the
reason for you voting against: will you now support the merger'. They all
declined in turn!
Whilst Derek may have set
them up by not reporting the changes or correct interpretation until after they
had all spoken, the situation was compounded by the fact that
John
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