Mailwatch(ed) Forum

Did you know that there is an explicitly right-wing "trade union", called https://www.workersofengland.co.uk/w-e- ... iations-2/ "Workers of England"?

Not affiliated to the Labour Party, but The Taxpayers alliance

Apparently ‘This is a non-political campaign group,’ before listing swivel right wing groups he supports. What’s the point of an English parliament within the UK? It’s already 80 percent English.

"Politically Homeless" is always code for fash as fuck

My trade union is shit but I don't think I'll be rushing to join this one.

However, "national" trades unions have been tried before.

Human beings are rational creature. They usually act upon rationally in different spheres of their lives. Similarly, workers join a union with a rationale approach whether joining a union will be benefi­cial or not. This can simply be decided by making a cost-benefit analysis in this regard. The excess of benefits over costs, i.e., profit or reward, justifies workers’ joining to a trade union.

Researchers have devoted a great deal of time and effort to study “why do employees choose to join a union.” They have failed to report a common list of reasons that apply to all organising efforts.

Nonetheless, there is a general agreement among the labour experts that certain issues are likely to lead to an organising drive by workers Major ones among them are the following:

It's a bit like Andre Previn's notes. They're all there, just not in the right order....