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Our movement has lessons to learn from the global South
Recommending a new book that looks at what British unions can learn from outside of Europe and the US, ROGER McKENZIE advises against 'one-size-fits-all' approaches to workplace organising
Indian workers

THE recent upsurge in trade union disputes could be the spark that encourages widespread resistance on a range of fronts against one of the most authoritarian British governments on record.

Significantly, the current wave of disputes is mainly national in character and is attempting to change the course of whole industries.

These major disputes are built on strong union organisation which has allowed those unions to smash through government-imposed industrial ballot thresholds.

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