Episode 24. ALL TOGETHER NOW: Unions in the 21st century

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Hello! If there's something strange in your workplace, who are you going to call? Trade Unions! But with the decline in membership over decades, power has tilted towards employers, meaning worse working conditions and pay. How do we persuade people to join and the bosses to take them seriously? We're joined by Antonia Bance, Head of Campaigns and Communications, TUC, Nat Whalley, Executive Director, The Organise Platform and Joe Dromey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR

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0:00.0	You know what? I feel them.
0:02.3	Like dancing.
0:03.5	Like letting the movement of your body describe the sheer quality of this paint.
0:07.5	I was actually going to say I feel like we should get on and move that grand piano before starting.
0:11.6	Ian.
0:12.6	Heritage by Do Looks.
0:14.1	It's a feeling.
0:17.2	This episode is brought to you by Pod Save the UK,
0:20.2	the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkomah and Koko Kahn.
0:23.8	We've been big fans of Pod Save America for years.
0:27.9	And now the people behind that podcast bring you the same sharp, smart,
0:32.7	funny perspective to UK politics.
0:35.2	Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkomah love that guy.
0:39.2	You're knowing from the Masterport, count the other TV shows and podcasts and radio programs.
0:45.0	But as well as being one of the funniest people I know,
0:47.5	he is also one of the cleverest and this is going to be the place where you get to hear that big,
0:53.2	old brain given space to soar.
0:56.0	Honestly, Nish is wired directly into the mainframe of political news.
1:00.1	He's such an astute thinker and absolutely fearless.
1:03.8	And I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up with journalist Koko Kahn.
1:07.0	I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years.
1:10.0	What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another of the usual Westminster suspects.
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