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AROUND 5.5 million workers in Britain are organised in trade unions which are affiliated to the TUC and there are a few thousand more non-affiliated.
This is the largest democratic body of people in the country, but, more importantly, all these workers are organised in a structure that is designed to play a role in the class struggle.
Trade unions are of central importance in the unavoidable conflict between the two main classes in capitalist society — between the class which owns most of industry and commerce and the class whose labour is essential for our economy and society to function.
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