Posted: Apr 15, 2012 1:01 pm
Why? When they join the union, the tick-box is there for them to opt-out. They know it's there, they know they can tick the box to opt-out. Why is opt-in so very different?
Except that union members don't automatically accept anything - they join, fill in a form, don't tick the opt-out from political levy box, and so on. Tesco would have to give such an option.chairman bill wrote:By 'claim', do you mean 'lie'?
Obviously not. Imagine Tesco had a policy whereby anyone who had a Clubcard automatically accepted that money would be donated to a political party on their behalf, unless they opted out. This would be much the same situation as currently exists with unions.
Because ticking a box is such a chore ...The obvious reason Labour are opposed to donations being opt-in is because people would actively have to choose to give money to Labour rather than be sufficiently apathetic enough to opt-out, and this would reduce the amount of money Labour gets by a considerable amount. It's so transparently cynical and completely indefensible.