Do we still need Unions?
With the lengthening of working hours, the removal of job security, an increase in work related illnesses and injuries, yes we do still need unions. Corporate culture is creating a world where we live to work rather than work to live. Bullying and harassment, health and safety, job security, wages and hours, these are all areas where standards have generally declined for workers in recent years.
The result has been more frustration, more stress, more absenteeism and a decline in the overall quality of life. This can only be changed by a rebirth of the best traditions of the labour movement, based on a strong commitment to self-organisation, solidarity, union democracy and internationalism.