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13. Agree on all this

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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.

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
MP Tom Watson resigns from shadow cabinet role as general election coordinator [View all]	dipsydoodle	Jul 2013	OP
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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