Accompanied by Ravi Subramanian (regional secretary of Unison), Jon spoke of the real threat to the NHS under the Tories, who want to see an increase in private interests whereby public funds go to shareholder profits.
Ravi discussed how most healthcare workers he polled intend to vote Labour, but that there is a lot of work to be done to convince undecided voters.
I spoke of what I understand the trade union movement to be: fairer wages for the workers that make a successful business possible; the need for safety at work and not the unjust deaths of the hundreds dying in Qatar building football stadiums; and ensuring public funding goes to the hospital workers (fairer wages and working conditions) rather than private healthcare profits.
With a large turnout, the election launch was a huge success and sees us ready to fight this general election.
