#75 Being a trade unionist w/ Len McCluskey
Politics Theory Other
Politics Theory Other
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🗓️ 11 February 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:28.6 | and the Hello and welcome to Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribute magazine. |
| 0:50.1 | My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is Len McCluskey. |
| 0:53.7 | We spoke about his new book, Why You Should Be a Trade Unionist. |
| 0:57.2 | We talked about his own experience of becoming involved in the Labour movement, |
| 1:00.8 | what the unions could be doing to combat the Conservative press, |
| 1:04.1 | and we also talked about the Labour Leadership Contest and Len's position on Freedom of Movement. |
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