It just won't go away. As the UK economy crawls across the desert that is the global recession, employers are determined to attack unions as a means to preserve global profit. Hard on the heels of UNISON's recent successful re-recognition campaign at Plymouth Council, Unite have now caught Honda management red handed discussing plans to derecognise them:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/16/unite-union-honda-carmaker-derecognition-row?newsfeed=true
UK unions are approaching a major crossroad - do we persist in yearning for partnership or do we move our resources to organising more powerful unions?
