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The challenges facing trade unions
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WE have seen a steady increase in membership as a trade union movement over the last few years and even more so through the pandemic.
But we in the unions still have a long way to go when we are representing less than a quarter of all workers and even less in the private sector, which is where BFAWU members work.
We find that too many employers in the private sector use anti-union rhetoric — anything from “you don’t need a union, we are supportive,” to “trade unions are just trouble causers,” right through to, in some cases, threatening to sack people for joining trade unions.
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