Unite election - a message from Jerry
"Standing on the shoulders of 52,527 giants"!
Please can I take this
opportunity to convey a massive thank you to all those who contributed
in our campaign and produced a result that the media and political
parties said was not possible. To our great credit we always believed
and knew otherwise.
Len McCluskey 101,194 votes 42%
Jerry Hicks 52,527 votes 22%
Les Bayliss 46,786 votes 19%
Gail Cartmail 39,363 votes 16%
Disappointed? For sure. A magnificent achievement? Absolutely.
Our message, was vastly different to any of the other
candidates, as were the resources! So, finishing second and in doing so
beating not one but two Assistant General Secrtaries was incredible. It
proved that we were right when we, and only we, said it was a two horse
race and that we actually could have won.
However we did not win, but it is up to us now to
decide what, if anything, we wish to do next in order to give a voice to
the hundreds of branches and workplaces that nominated us and
the 52,527 people who voted for us.
So please give these matters some thought and let me know by e mailing
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Returning
to my opening statement, not to score a point but to make a very
important point. All those in the media, who had no idea of what our
members were thinking, portrayed the election as McCluskey versus
Bayliss. They got it very wrong.
Worse still, those political parties and the many blog sites, who
so readily peddled the myth of Bayliss being the real threat and only he
or McCluskey could win, were also wrong, but they should have known
better [perhaps they did?] and that makes theirs a bigger crime and a
matter they must address themselves [not invent/concoct excuses after
the event].
At all times, but especially in times of savage cuts,
correct judgement is crucial. As no one will ever take a banking boss
seriously or listen to their advice, why would we ever pay any attention
to those that got this election and the possibilities so very wrong?
Calling for 'Election of all officials', 'Confronting the
Anti Union laws', a General Secretary on an average wage' struck a cord
with 52,527 members and masses of people, employed, unemployed, in our
union and those not, students and
pensioners.............................................They haven't heard the last of us yet! Neither have National Express coaches seen the last of us.
Coming to a spare room near you soon, Keep on keeping on and expect the unexpexted.
Many thanks and massive respect to everyone,
Jerry.
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