Thread: Unions?
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Old 04-02-2011, 07:34 AM   #2
DanaC
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I saw a brilliant recruitment advert for a union once. Let me see if I can find it on Youtube.

Before I do though: I am absolutely supportive of the labour and union movement. They are the only thing that shifts the balance of power and offers protection for workers.

That some unions are not fit for purpose is an unfortunate fact. That some unionists act for their own, rather than their members' interests is also an unfortunate fact. But every protection that is currently afforded to workers is there because of unions. They arose out of an extreme need for that protection. Want to see how employment would work if unions had never developed? Look back in history at what happens when they're illegal.
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