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SIMPSON BEATS JACKSON for general secretary, Jackson refuses to go, ALL NEWS IS NOW BEING POSTED ON www.msfweb.org.uk
Blair accused of using minister to influence union ballot Independent 24th June 2002 Blair union ally faces claims of vote-rigging Independent 22nd June 2002 Union official quits in rigged ballot row Independent 12th June 2002 Union official suspended over alleged ballot scam Independent 1st June 2002 New cover-up claims hit union with links to Blair Independent 27 May 2002 Official faces votes enquiry Guardian 27 May 2002 AEEU pay £7million for central London offices AEEUnity web site 23 May 2002 Sir Ken fuels nuclear row Guardian 22 May2002 Men United Financial Times 5 May 2002 Amicus admits officials rigged ballots Independent 25 April 2002 Union Officials admit double vote scam Guardian 25 April 2002 MSF asks for 'vote rigging' answers Guardian 24 April 2002 Guardian Diary 24 April 2002 Blair loyalist faces union voting inquiry Guardian full page spread 23 April 2002 Vote Rigging Scandal Independent 23 April 2002 Labour's loyal knight Guardian 23 April 2002 Troubled Merger Guardian 23 April 2002 Full Time Officials Caught 'Cheating' Amicus Unity Gazette 20 April 2002 See also ‘Vectra Spectre’ below Ken vs Roger Financial Times16 April 2002 AEEU progressive defends TUC link Morning Star 12 April 2002 (Acrobat File) Vectra Spectre haunts AEEU meeting Morning Star 11 April 2002 Lyons slates Jackson - LYONSweb 11 April 2002 Amicus to back nuclear expansion The Independent 7 April 2002 Troubled birthday party for veteran of the left The Independent - Mar 23, 2002 Foot leads fight to save libel-hit Tribune The Guardian 20 March 2002 'Tribune' under threat after union leader sues for libel The Independent -19 March 2002 Union libel action threatens Tribune The Guardian 19 March 2002 The Tribune article that Jackson hated Tribune 15 Feb 2002 Dirty Tricks expected as jackson submits to the law - LYONSweb 15th Feb 2002 Jackson to Fight on Tribune 4 Jan 2002 TUC NEWS Private Eye Jan 2000 Ex-Tory joins AEEU - Private Eye June 2000
T-U-C NEWS
Further evidence of the extent to which Britain’s trades union movement has been “modernised” was supplied by T-U-C general secretary John Monks during a recent dinner at the Grosvenor Hotel, Park Lane to mark the fist 150 years of engineering and electrical trade union, A E E U.
Barely a murmur met Monk’s opening remarks:
“ My Lords, Colleagues, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen…” Perhaps he had meant to say “ Brothers and Sisters,” but thought twice of it having spotted where the union’s top brass, both current and former, were all sitting. Their number included current general secretary, Sir Ken Jackson, and ermine be- decked former general secretaries and presidents, Lord [Frank] Chapple, Lord [Hugh] Scanlon, Lord [Bill] Jordan, Sir [Gavin] Laird and former steel union boss, Lord Brookman.
Despite being pursued through St Helens by a Daily Mail- sponsored butler bearing a silver tray replete with champagne flutes, the distinctly plebeian Shaun Woodward has joined the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union.
While Woodward would be the last to admit not knowing the difference between a lathe and a lawnmower, some AEEU members are furious that Shaun’s application was waved through in days so the way was clear for the union’s general secretary, Sir Ken Jackson, to direct delegates in St Helens Labour party to vote for him.
Traditionally AEEU members must serve an apprenticeship up of up to seven year before they may be considered worthy of seeking their union’s nomination for parliament. But for Shaun it all took place in well under seven days.
NICE ONE SIR KEN
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No 1019 Jan 2000.