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Jobseekers have little confidence in trade unions' power to protect workers

Jobseekers have little confidence in trade unions' power to protect workers

David Woods, 18 June 2009

 

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Almost a third of jobseekers (32%) do not think a trade union can protect workers from job losses or pay cuts.

 

Research of 2,500 jobseekers from online jobsite TipTopJob found fewer than one in five (18%) were a member of a trade union and less than half (44%) who are not already a member would consider joining one.

Mike Dauncey, CEO of TipTopJob, said: "In this time of economic crisis the British labour market is struggling and what we are still seeing is a shift in opinion where ‘united front' bodies demand little to no respect.
 
"The trade unions power has been diminished by the ferocity of the economy, but never before have we seen such a low level of confidence in their ability to prevent redundancy."

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