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Following the recent British election, veteran Irish socialist-republican and union organiser Tommy McKearney has suggested, "The time has surely come for British trade unionists to review their relationship with the Labour Party. A strong and confident working class depends on having trade unions able to protect employment rights and defend the social wage. A Labour Party reluctant to aggressively promote these issues is simply a ‘beaten docket’, something that should be discarded and replaced with a party fit for purpose." I tend to think that throughout the world union attachment to Labour-type parties is a fruitless exercise in masochism. For the New Zealand case: Unions need to break the ties that bind: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/why-unions-should-not-be-affiliated-to-labour/ Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
