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A opinion on union organising worthy of debate
A book that has some excellent parts making it worth reading in spite of any shortcomings, write HUGH KIRKBRIDE and EVAN PRITCHARD
When the ravages of Alzheimer’s leave an elderly woman marooned in painful memories of October 1950, her grandchild comes up with a creative strategy.
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RON JACOBS is persuaded by the parallel drawn between Charles Manson and Donald Trump
In this comparison of Britain pre- and post Thatcher, WILL POMORE applauds the analysis, but distrusts the solutions offered
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Workers Can Win
by Ian Allinson
Pluto Press, £10
Ian Allinson, the author of Workers Can Win, is a well known and respected lay activist. He worked in IT for 25 years, mainly at Fujitsu, and made great strides in union organising in a very difficult environment.
He also played a leading role in shaping Unite’s newly created IT industrial sector (now Print & IT), so he is well placed to write an interesting book on workplace organising.
More controversially at the time, Allinson also stood for Unite general secretary on a “rank-and-file” ticket, in opposition to the United Left candidate, Len McCluskey.
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