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Andy Kerr: a working-class champion with time for everyone
CWU president KAREN ROSE and GRAHAM COLK speak to Ben Chacko about their memories of a giant of the union and wider movement who is laid to rest today
Letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper – to be delivered by a delegation of Jews to Downing Street today
Laughter has always been how workers cope and fight back, but university-educated union reps now scold members for calling bosses ‘money-grabbing bastards’ and label everyday humour ‘problematic’ — this needs to be stopped, writes MARK JONES
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TODAY friends, family and comrades bid a fond farewell to a giant of the Communication Workers Union and wider labour movement, Andy Kerr.
Tributes have poured in from across the British labour movement — and internationally, given the longtime CWU deputy general secretary for telecoms and financial services also served as president of UNI Global Union’s Information, Communications, Technology and Related Services division.
CWU president Karen Rose says the entire union will miss a working-class champion who was “always smiling,” passionate about representing members and who had time for everyone he encountered.
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