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LeftishBrit

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13. Agree on all this
Sat Jul 6, 2013, 05:44 PM
Jul 2013

Last edited Mon Jul 8, 2013, 07:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Most unions have plenty of faults, no doubt; but belonging to a union definitely beats not belonging to a union!

And I agree that there is a great deal of hypocrisy in politicians and media hacks, criticizing unions for self-interest, cronyism and being out of touch, when they have all these tendencies in far greater measure.

ETA: I had not realized that union membership was now as low as 29%. That's worrying in itself.


The scandal Anarcho-Socialist Jul 2013 #1
That was helpful -- thanks. pacalo Jul 2013 #2
And it's shameful to recruit members of your union into your political party to support you ... non sociopath skin Jul 2013 #3
I can't find what the problem was meant to be muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #4
A more cynical man that I might think ... non sociopath skin Jul 2013 #5
I now hear that the accusation is some people were signed up without telling them muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #7
It would be so - if it turns out to be true Anarcho-Socialist Jul 2013 #8
Police rule out Falkirk vote rigging inquiry muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #18
The crushing irony is that one of the reasons so many of the Tory faithful have decamped to UKIP fedsron2us Jul 2013 #9
The thing for me here..... T_i_B Jul 2013 #6
You do not have to be a member of the Labour party to belong to a union fedsron2us Jul 2013 #10
I would guess that even with the sadly successful Thatcherite war against unions... LeftishBrit Jul 2013 #11
There are something in the region of 6.5 million Union members in the UK fedsron2us Jul 2013 #12
Agree on all this LeftishBrit Jul 2013 #13
Well said, Feds non sociopath skin Jul 2013 #14
Great post, thanks n/t Anarcho-Socialist Jul 2013 #15
The problems go deeper then the relationship between Labour & Unions T_i_B Jul 2013 #16
I think it goes even beyond the attractiveness of Labour or any particular party... LeftishBrit Jul 2013 #17
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