At some point I'll post up copies of all the responses to the government's consultation on the new blacklisting rules.
But as a morsel I thought I'd report in full what Gordon Taylor, from the Professional Footballers' Association, had to say.
"I approve the revised draft regulations to outlaw the blacklisting of Trade Unions."
It's to the point, give him that.
Compare and contrast this extract from the CBI's response.
"Regulations should only be enacted when the matter is of national importance. Whether that is the case here when only one example of the to-be-prohibited activity has taken place - and that has been prosecuted via a different route, with significant publicity to ward of any other possible malefactors - has to be open to question. CBI members do not feel this is a proportionate response to the problem as thus revealed."
Which is quite out of step with the majority of responses; so I'm not sure that all CBI members do feel this.
For instance construction firm Amec, in its response, said that it felt the regulations were proportionate. Indeed the tone of many responses from the business community has been that regulations are necessary - they just want them kept limited.
The CBI says it is the 'voice of business' and if that's your USP then you have to protect it. If you look at CBI members in the construction sector you'll find plenty of familiar names who helped fund The Consulting Association's illegal blacklisting operation.
Meanwhile the campaign to crackdown on blacklisting went global with a UCATT motion backed by construction unions around world agreed at a conference in France.
Other comments on the latest developments at the Bristol Trade Union Forum and Northern Voices.
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