One of the best pieces of media coverage the Socialist Alliance received during the election campaign was a piece in The Times business section deta ling the impact we were having in the trade unions.
While some of the "facts" in the piece were not actually correct, what was much more significant was the fact that they felt it was necessary to examine what we had achieve me On Certainly this year's round of trade union conferences has seen important steps forward for the Socialist Allance.
The decision of the FBU conference to democratise their political fund is the most signifi cant decision, with Socialist pirotal role. A similar resolution won a third of the votes at ru colores At other conferences the Socialist Allance was able to hold successful fringe meetings, in some cases convincing інту покото оосо involved in its activities. All this explains why so many Socialist Alliance supporters think it is now time to hold a active in the trade unions to discuss how the build on our success so far, to plan for next year's conferences and discuss our relationship with existing no matons in turo