GMB union, which represents thousands of workers on
Merseyside - and whose General Secretary was at Hillsborough on
the day of the disaster - has responded to the decision of the
CPS to bring charges against those involved in the 96
deaths.
The union has long campaigned for justice for the
victims and their families, with Margaret Aspinall, chair of the
Hillsborough Family Support Group, most recently addressing GMB
members at the annual congress just last
year.
Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary
said:
"I was at Hillsborough that day.
"I saw kids being carried around on makeshift
stretchers, made out of advertising hoarding.
"I saw people having their chests pumped by fellow
fans desperately trying to breath some life back into
them.
"I will never forget that day. I drove home
completely numb, in the days before mobile phones it hadn't
occured to me my mum would be frantic.
"Walking up to my front door the I could hear the
phone ringing and ringing.
"When I picked up my mum burst into tears, but I've
never shaken the sadness of knowing for so many other families,
their kids didn't pick up.
"No one should have to wait 28 years for
justice. Hillsborough families
have done their loved ones proud.
"They've never forgotten. They've never given
up.
"People must now be held accountable for what
happened not just on that day, but in the days, weeks, months and
years after."
ENDS
