A secret weapon to help UK plc embrace change? It’s called a union
by Guardian Staff from on (#3YDB3)
More trade union membership will boost the British economy, says the IPPR. Yet unions themselves also need to change
If a report last week by the IPPR thinktank could be packaged as an energy drink, it would certainly put a spring in the step of every trade union leader in Britain. With Labour party wrangling filling their inboxes as they head to Manchester for the TUC annual conference this weekend, they could do with a lift.
From recommending a wider role in the workplace, including places in the boardroom, to a greater role on national bodies shaping Britain's economic future, the thinktank's report put trade unions centre stage.
A new social partnership, with a council that includes trade unions, would be tasked with driving up productivity
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