Union members are the ones who win decent wages and conditions for everyone. And the good news is union membership is increasing, despite rising unemployment. So much for the Right’s attempt to frame workers who stand up for themselves and their families as a dying breed.
When you dig down, you can see quite clearly the impact that the manufacturing crisis has had – while membership has been rising in other sectors, it is falling in the manufacturing unions because so many of their members are being laid off and leaving for Australia.
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