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Article: Trade Unions in a Changing World: A British View.(Transcript)
- Article from:
- Worklife Report
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Condensed from a speech by Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, to the Trade's Union Congress, 17 September 1998
I believe in trade unions.
Not just for reasons of sentiment -- though when your first job opportunity was working for the unions, that sentiment is real enough.
No, it's much more than sentiment. For millions of people trade unions are both relevant and necessary in today's world. The relationship between employer and employee is by its nature a fundamentally unequal one -- one that the unscrupulous employer can exploit.
We all know that individuals at work still need the protection of trade unions ...