Labour Market

Unions may be more female-friendly but their demands are just as dangerous


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Dr Stephen Davies writes for The Telegraph

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Dr Kristian Niemietz writes for Conservative Home

Professor Len Shackleton writes for CapX

This week, Sharon Graham was elected General Secretary of Unite, the UK’s second largest union.

Writing for CapX, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton argued that this underlines the “increasing feminisation” of the trade union movement.

Len noted that while it is welcome that today’s more female-friendly unions are far less confrontational, some of their demands, including a four-day week without pay cuts in the public sector and a right to home working, carry dangers.

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