Union membership in the UK began declining steeply in the 1980s and 1990s, falling from 13 million in 1979 to around 7.3 million in 2000. In September 2012 union membership dropped below 6 million for the first time since the 1940s. Union members include nurses, school meals staff, hospital cleaners, professional footballers, shop assistants, teaching assistants, bus drivers, engineers and apprentices.
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@9QR5WPN9mos9MO
I think the world has changed since unions were created. Employees rights have improved and been made law and is supported by human resource departments.
@9K4QR5Y1yr1Y
Neither help nor hurt. They are necessary to keep a balance between workforce issues and management overreach.
@95M8XTGConservative3yrs3Y
They do both. They help workers, they screw corporations. I don't mind that
@93X6KCG3yrs3Y
Hurt, but human rights take priority over economy
@8YCWNHX3yrs3Y
Hurt-But their purpose is not to help the economy, it is to ensure workers rights are upheld.
@8XRRH4V3yrs3Y
Whether they hurt they economy or not is irrelevant, it's what they do to serve the worker.
@8S9LQQF4yrs4Y
Help, but while political donations should be allowed, they should be public and open (as should any from corporations). Some have also gained too much power (such as police unions, which allow their members to get away with too much)
@97ZMKPL2yrs2Y
Help the economy because it’s important for workers to be represented. Workers help the economy although trade unions shouldn’t become too powerful.
I don't understand what this means
@9CCXMPD2yrs2Y
Whilst they may temporarily hurt the economy the economy isn’t the priority it’s the people. They also don’t automatically hurt the economy they may lead to it but this is still a generalisation.
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