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I'll reprise part of my deleted comment...I don't think you have any life experiences to qualify you as having any actual knowledge of the reality. I do, from all sides. I can't be arsed as you avoid questions, but pose plenty, and most of your posts are AI / Google driven opinion pieces that suit your narrative. In short, I'm not wasting my time with you. Happy Saturday.

They have. Over time, Unions have a played a pivotal role in that, and rightly so. They've now been shaped, and that legal protection isn't going anywhere. Employees with union membership aren't a thorn in the side of employers in the way they were when are laws were archaic. The point that started the discussion, essentially, was that Union membership on its own, would make an employer feel differently about an employee. That's nonsense in my experience.

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I get that, but if you take unions out of the equation, we're not going back to that or in danger of doing a UAE. The law restricts how employers can treat their staff, not the unions. Where I see their negative influence is in the rabble rousing we've seen with the likes of the junior doctors.

It's got nowt to do with you mate. The simple point is that as an employee my Union membership did not impact how my employer saw me or treated me, and as an employer it makes no difference to how I see or treat my staff. I'm interested in your life experiences which makes you believe that union membership leads to employers thinking negatively of their staff - your opinions seem to be based on perception and attitude.

What Farmer said...

Goal

Glad he is. Ditto pulling water and energy companions back into public ownership, and addressing social housing. Funding will be interesting, but nice to see a PM trying to sort out a historic mess at last.

Detail? Pah.

I am also a sensible employer. I suspect several of my staff are union members. I don't know who - who would I have to? It's odd to believe that I would think differently of them if I knew who they were. Is your position that sensible employers have a negative view of employees who are union members? If so, based on what. And yes, I've been a Union member.

Different broom. Different sweeper uppers.

Yep That's your issue with unions, not sensible employers attitude towards union members. Most employers wouldn't know which employees are union members.

Some can be a downright nuisance - those leading the junior doctors for one. I'm not sure that necessarily leads to negative connotations about union members though. Anyways, I'm interested in Burnham's cabinet. I think we'll see a few curveballs.

Disgracegul. Bring back the 8 day working week.

What are those negative connotations?