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Old 18th Jan 2011, 18:46
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Given the weak and ambivalent support at the last strike I wonder what UNITE feel they can achieve with more IA?
More leverage with the Labour Party, when the Govt is a fragile coalition?

Please let us think whether the Union leadership really care about the workers, or whether they seek 'power' for themselves.
How many Trades Union leaders sit [occasionally] in the House of Lords?
How did Lord Prescott overcome his abhorrence of that institution to become "ennobled"?

Those who believe that their TU Leaders actually care about "Fred/Ethel at t' workplace" really need a reality check. It's just a different career path for different people who are busy climbing a greasy pole of their own, with no actual consideration for those who pay the dues that subsidise their lifestyles.
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