Commentators are quick to automatically criticise the activities of trade unions. Their activities can cause inconvenience, apparently portray the country in a negative light or show that society is about to crumble through their undemocratic powers.
A positive role is often ignored. A weak group of workers-immigrant Asian women tried to acquire union recognition in the workplace-in the 1970s. An infamous time. The photo shows the power of the State brought to bare during the Grunwick dispute.
But middle class unionisation is OK.
