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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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