Attacks on British unions are reaching new lows
As global attacks on unions intensify, the ITUC has launched a campaign recognising the threats we now face from employers and states — we must fight for any incoming Labour administration to stop the rot, writes BARRY CAMFIELD
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THE Campaign For Trade Union Freedom is to be congratulated for its role in defending our trade unions promoting trade union freedom and showing just how anti-union Britain has become through a combination of continuing Tory attacks since Thatcher allied with Labour’s virtual abandonment of the unions as vehicles for mass worker engagement and political campaigning.
This includes supporting the ending of trade union legal protection in the fight to defend the interests of workers.
Unions of course were protected throughout much of the 20th century as long as any dispute was held to be “in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute.”
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