Should Radicals Care About Unions?
Submitted on September 17, 2011
By David Camfield - September 17, 2011
One of the most common mistakes is to equate high-level union officials...with unions. Unions are more than their official leaders: they are organizations with mass memberships. It's true that many unionized workers vote Tory, accept the idea that cuts are necessary and oppose the demand for status for all -- just like many non-unionized working-class people...But it's also true that in many unions there are often at least a few members who disagree with the timidity and conservatism of the officials at the top of most unions today.
