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David Cantrell · July 17th 15, 11:48 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 03:46:23PM +0000, y wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:14:29 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 08:25:21AM +0000, y wrote:
Well I've never belonged to one and have done alright. You could argue that
unions are for people too stupid to understand the details in a job contract.
You could argue that you are a small goose named Cyril. It wouldn't make
it true.
What would it make it then?

It would be the ravings of a madman. HTH.

The law provides legal protection for employees.

If you can afford the law when you need it. One of the services that
unions provide for their members is legal help. Effectively an insurance
policy, paid for by their membership fees, that'll provide a specialist
in employment law in the unlikely event that one is needed.

Unions haven't been necessary for about 50 years. They're a 19th century
anachromism that the left are wedded to because they like the mass leverage
they bring rather than the job protection.

You could hardly call me a lefty, but I'm a member of a union, and think
that every employee should be. I've never gone on strike, and I've never
permitted my union to negotiate my pay or working conditions for me. I
have, however, used their legal services.

I reckon that I get pretty good value for my tenner a month.

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