SIPTU National Executive election tomorrow. Calling Des Derwin supporters.

dublin | politics / elections | news report Wednesday October 06, 2004 22:59 by Des Derwin dderwin at gofree dot indigo dot ie

Vote Derwin Vote Change

"There's been a twenty-year project to take the fight out of the unions...It's time to put the fight back in!"

The election of 9 Dublin members to a new National Executive Council of SIPTU takes place tomorrow evening at Croke Park Conference Centre.

Every member used to have a vote in this election until it was taken away in 2001. Nevertheless the change gave the vote to each of the Regional Conference Delegates (770 in Dublin). I am asking delegates to vote on POLICIES and to give me your No. 1 vote. I am asking members who support my policies to ask delegates to vote for me.

From 5.30 p.m. tomorrow we will be leafleting and lobbying the delegates. Any assistance from SIPTU supporters would be greatly appreciated.

To those anonymous hecklers, claiming to be IWU supporters, who might wish to add their comradely comments to this posting: come along and debate with me 'in or out of SIPTU-ICTU' at the Irish Social Forum on Sunday 10th at 11.00 a.m. in the ATGWU Hall, Abbey Street, Dublin.