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WLRI Trade Union Seminar: Union decline and Community Unionism

29 November 2007

Professor Jane Wills, Queen Mary University of London and Andy Snoddy, Unite (TGWU) introduced the latest in the WLRI Trade Union seminar series, Thursday 29 th November.

Jane Wills explored the reasons why some unions are finding renewed impetus to develop closer relationships with non-labour organisations, using examples from London Citizens' London living wage campaign.

Andy Snoddy from Unite (TGWU) spoke about the advantages and difficulties of community/trade union link ups from a trade union perspective.

To listen to both presentations in full, and to view the Powerpoint presentation, click on the links below.

Andy Snoddy TGWU / UNITE on community unionism at WLRI 29.11.07 (17 minutes)

Jane Wills QMUL on Community unionism at WLRI 29.11.07

To download the files, right click on the links above, and select ‘Save link as’, (or if you use Internet Explorer, select ‘Save target as’), then save it to your computer and listen in your preferred audio player when it has finished downloading.

Pic: (From left to right) Andy Snoddy, TGWU/ Unite; Steve Jefferys, WLRI, and Jane Wills, Queen Mary University of London

 

 

 

 

 

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