Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, presents the case for joining a union. Drawing on anecdotes from his long career, he looks at the history of trade unions, what they do and how they give a voice to working people, as democratic organizations. He considers the changing world of work, the challenges and opportunities of automation and why being trade unionists can help us to shape the future. He sets out why being a trade unionist is as much a political as it is an industrial role and why the historic links between the labour movement and the Labour Party matter. Ultimately, McCluskey explains how being a trade unionist means putting equality at work and in society front and centre-stage, fighting for an end to discrimination, and to inequality in wages and power.
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