Unite and the £112 million hotel ...

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Makes for quite interesting reading.

Serious Fraud Office probe £112m Unite union hotel

Unite spent £112m of its members’ money on the project in Birmingham, the BBC has been told.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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from the link:

A KC-led inquiry commissioned by Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham also identified a missing £14m which has been described as a “mystery” and does not feature in the project’s final accounts. Unite has told the BBC the case is “now with the Serious Fraud Office” and Ms Graham, who took over as Unite general secretary in 2021, would “leave no stone unturned in finding out if there was any financial wrongdoing”.

Seems like the new boss is even tidying things swept up under the carpet by her predecessor.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

from the link:

A KC-led inquiry commissioned by Unite’s general secretary Sharon Graham also identified a missing £14m which has been described as a “mystery” and does not feature in the project’s final accounts. Unite has told the BBC the case is “now with the Serious Fraud Office” and Ms Graham, who took over as Unite general secretary in 2021, would “leave no stone unturned in finding out if there was any financial wrongdoing”.

Seems like the new boss is even tidying things swept up under the carpet by her predecessor.

Yes, the missing £14 million, very interesting ...

 

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Well,it's hardly 'trickled down' to the membership so McCluskey may be able to shed some light on the matter - or not. Union leaders back in my day were well known for handing brown envelopes stuffed with cash under the table to 'smooth' negotiations for themselves. It wasn't unknown for a shop steward to swap his blue overall for a white collar overnight, and develop a taste for golf, either.