GMB Using Automatic Phone Dialling To “Help Members To Vote”
Posted by Simon Emmett on February 17, 2010, 11:13
Last week Labour were found guilty of breaking its own legislation, by using and automatic dialler to cold call voters during an election. Well, last night it was the turn of one of Labour’s paymasters, the GMB union, to use this method.
Yesterday evening, one GMB member and Tory voter, received the automatic call with a recorded message advising its members to ensure that they were on the electoral register, and that it could help them do that by following its instructions. Needless to say that the particular did not “press 1″ and hung up.
I was also told that this isn’t the first time that the GMB had done this. During the Euro election last June they used their automatic dialler to urge members to vote Labour.
I am sensing a complaint to OfCom is being written at the use of the automatic dialler.
It should be noted that the GMB receive taxpayers money, and then funds the Labour party in return.
