Union members vote to keep political funds
On Friday 12 November 2004, eight unions closed their political fund review ballots - ASLEF, BECTU, CATU, CWU, FBU, GMB, TSSA and USDAW. All achieved overwhelming yes votes, with an average 77% affirmative vote. This brings the total number of unions to achieve massive yes votes, in this the third round of review ballots, to 16. ASLEF - 80% yes on 49% turnout BECTU - 75% yes on 29% turnout CATU - 67% yes on 19% turnout CWU - 73% yes on 33% turnout FBU - 74% yes on 42% turnout GMB - 88% yes on 19% turnout TSSA - 78% yes on 26% turnout USDAW - 81% yes on 18% turnout. The RMT's political fund...