Regulation of Trade Unions
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Union officers must be elected every
five years
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Elections of union officers by secret
postal ballot
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Must poll members on whether to have
political fund
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Outlawed Bridlington Principles
Union officers must be elected every five years
Must be direct election.
Not by convention
Must poll members on whether to have political fund
Must be repolled every five years
Unions have won every one of these, allowing them to maintain political funds.
On average unions win these overwhelmingly
Outlawed Bridlington Principles
Principles binding on all TUC members not to raid each other