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Will union amalgamations address declining membership numbers?
Posted by John, November 27th, 2015 - under Union amalgamations, Unions.
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Tom Orsag writes in Solidarity magazine about union amalgamations and the false hope they may offer. Here is a snippet.
But amalgamations are not the answer to rebuilding the union movement.
Nor are talk-fests, as ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said “Next month union leaders will be gathering for the Australia Disrupted Symposium to discuss the future of work and how we can best represent workers no matter who they are or how they work.”
Unions are built through strikes and industrial action. When unions take action they recruit new members. The Victorian nurses’ union recruited almost 6000 members through its industrial campaign in 2011. The ETU in Victoria has grown from 8500 members in 1995 to 19,000 today under a militant leadership not afraid to take strike action.
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