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STATISTICS published by the Department of Business and Trade reveal that trade union membership declined by 200,000 in 2022. Women employed in the private sector account for a staggering two-thirds of this decline (129,000).

Women employed by the private sector, likely to be in low-paid, part-time or precarious work, are those most in need of trade union protection — so why are so many leaving?

If the most oppressed half of the population are leaving trade unions surely this is a red flag that must be taken seriously by the entire labour and trade union movement?

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