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Trade unions key to revitalising Britain's tanking economy, RMT young members told

TRADE unions hold the key to revitalising Britain’s tanking economy, the RMT young members’ conference heard today.

SOAS professor of economics Costas Lapavitsas cited statistics showing declines in manufacturing and a rise in services jobs over the past four decades.

He said: “I’ve been in this country for 45 years, I’ve never known it in a worse situation.

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