is that most unions are undemocratic Most general secretaries and officials are appointed for life Many decisions are made without reference to the members. It is almost remove officials flout members' decisions or who sell out strikes to the employers.
In the recent Cowley dispute, the members time and time again made their opposition to clear. Kalner inan starting mrom decisions of the mass meetngs and takFor every week Is nonscise.
ecutives, is well. The ple against Tory attacks.
vince many change the Tory's minds. who BL's proposals And the claim that 'union officers, whether elected or appointed, ... are accountable to their members every day When Tebbit proposes to introduce ballots for the election of union ex.
and general secretaries it is easy for him to hide behind a cloak of The answer is not to pretend that all answer is to make the unions more democratic, more accountable, while at the same time fighting for policies which defend working peo.
This pamphlet has nothing to say about such questions. It won't con.
workers. And it won't Even dodos like this can't decide Tory policy. They are just supposed to make the right sounds and love their leader.
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