Book description
The Labour Party was built on them; Margaret Thatcher set out to
destroy them. Trades unions, who needs them? The answer is quite
simply, anyone who goes to work and who cares about pay &
conditions, equal rights, safety and training (or so the trades unions
themselves would tell you). Others may call them wreckers and bullies,
who just want a fight with the bosses. In a world of portfolio jobs
and economic austerity, will people need unions even more for
protection or have they had their day along with sheepskin coats and
picket lines?
Jo Phillips is an award-winning journalist and former spin
doctor. Her career has spanned politics, public affairs and media.
David Seymour is a former political editor of the Mirror Group,
leader writer on the Daily Mail and council member of Britain in Europe.
