Trade unions underminded in Queen's Speech

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Responding to the Queen's Speech today (Wednesday) in which the government announced its plans to pass legislation undermining trade unions, the CWU's general secretary-elect, Dave Ward, said:


Dave Ward GS "It is deeply depressing that the first Queen's Speech by a Tory government since 1996 seems more obsessed with attacking trade unions than bringing together a growingly divided country.


"It won't go unnoticed by people the fact that a government elected with the support of only 24 per cent of the entire electorate is demanding trade unions with fewer resources to do what they cannot.


"This is a Tory government that is planning to undermine the incomes and conditions of working people while at the same time cynically sabotaging the very means they have to speak out in protest.


"The Tories may have won the election, but they run the real risk of losing the country if they continue to pursue divisive policies that tear up working peoples' rights, conditions and incomes."

[Phantom]

Same old bollocks, the trade unions of today are shite, weak and basically useless. Too much has been given away without a fight. If the unions want to gain some power then they better become more militant than ever before.