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Police spy infiltration of trade unions must not be ‘glossed over’ by public inquiry, Unite urges
A demonstrator outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in October 2018
“DEEPLY disturbing” revelations that spycops infiltrated trade unions as far back as the 1970s must not be glossed over by a public inquiry, Unite says.
The trade union issued the warning after it was revealed at the Undercover Policing Inquiry last week that two undercover officers became members of general workers’ union TGWU, a predecessor of Unite.
The undercover officers were serving in the Metropolitan Police’s special demonstration squad, a secret unit that infiltrated protest groups. The unit is one of two currently being investigated by the public inquiry.
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