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Working for the Economy - Trade Union Reform

Graham Watson

16th September 2015

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Here is an excellent research document from the New Economics Foundation looking at the importance of trade unions in the modern economy and, perhaps, as a counterpoint to yesterday's Trade Union Bill.

I've just glanced at it but there's a lot of really useful data and whilst I'm unlikely to agree with all of the analysis, I still think that unions have an important role to play in the modern economy in enhancing productivity, employee education and protecting workers - not least in teaching.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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