Member

I believe that freedom of association also implies a freedom not to associate. The right to join a union is protected; so, too, is the right not to be engaged when you do not wish to be or when your contractual obligations have ended for the day. I believe that, if we fail to respect that boundary, we risk turning a voluntary association into a mandatory presence, ever present, ever talking and ultimately overbearing. In the end, this is all about respecting modern working people: people who are busy, overconnected and already managing the pressures of work, family and life. They do not need another stream of obligations following them home, uninvited, from organisations that claim to represent them but often pursue political priorities far removed from their own.