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"There is power in a union"
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I think unions now are even more important than they have ever been. Businesses like to cut cost, the best way to do that is to look to employees. Whether a business sacks people so they can save some money or cut down on health and safety issues to avoid that expense is all the same. The power of the union is to protect its members and even non members rights and lives.
There membership however is receeding, at least here in the UK, but i guess that mainly to us not having so many big industries where the low paid worker have to be protected (rich people go to court and sue businesses, poor people have to make do). Plus the government brings out laws that should project people anyway. At least you would hope so as the current Labour Government here (Tony Blair and co) were founded from Union roots.
I say power to the unions, but not too much.
