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The GMB is one of the UK's largest trade unions. If they don't have teeth, nobody does, so I'm more than cautiously optimistic. This is excellent news.
by maxehmookau 5y ago
The GMB is one of the UK's largest trade unions. If they don't have teeth, nobody does, so I'm more than cautiously optimistic. This is excellent news.
- stolen_biscuit 5y agoI wasn't familiar with them, I just looked them up, thanks for letting me know. That has made me a bit more optimistic about the path forward there!
- docdeek 5y agoNot OP but SDA union is - by numbers - one of the largest unions in Australia but is not well known for protecting its members (mostly retail workers).
- somedangedname 5y agoI'm hopeful that the RAFFWU (https://raffwu.org.au/ https://raffwu.org.au/) can supplant the SDA in the future.
- pydry 5y agoThey haven't been so successful with nurses. 12% effective pay cut over a decade.
- maxehmookau 5y agoFor sure. I can only think the situation would be so much worse without them.
- pydry 5y agoPossibly. Either way they dont seem very effective compared to the previous decade, or, say, Unite. Supporting Owen Smith (an anodyne career politician who is now a PR flack) in the Labour leadership election in what looks like a rigged vote isn't indicative of a pro worker outlook, either: https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/10/17/who-do-you-trust-was-the-gmbs-endorsement-of-owen-smith-rigged/ https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/10/17/who-do-you-trust-w...
- maxehmookau 5y agoUnfortunately over a decade of government run by a party that are pretty hostile towards trade unions will have that effect.
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