Summary
John Hannett, general secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, was one of the sponsors of a Fabian Society pamphlet, Raising Lazarus, published last December, which concluded that the unions were "stuck in the past, fighting battles in a class war that is of little relevance to most people today". He said the biggest problem was persuading young people to join unions. "There is a generation gap.
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Is Union Man Back?
Strikes are looming in the health service to protect jobs threatened by the NHS funding crisis; speculation is rife over the creation of a merged "mega-union" with power to challenge the government; and the Labour Party is thrown back on union supporters as wealthy individual donors bale out.
These should be heady days for the trade unions. As the TUC prepares to mark the 80th annivers...See the full content of this document
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