TRADE UNIONS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY

Motion Text

That this House rejects the insulting description of trade unions as "restrictive practices that exist in our economy" by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on 26th June; believes that this reactionary and right-wing attitude to the trade union movement is more akin to that of Victorian mill owners rather than 21st century government; and celebrates the contribution of trade unions to society as a vital element in protecting and promoting the interests of working men and women.