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Labour movement urged to double membership
Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union general secretary Ronnie Draper called on the movement to sign up 6.5 million more members
FOOD workers’ leader Ronnie Draper called on the labour movement today to strive to double union membership.
In his address to the Bakers, Food & Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) conference in Southport, the union’s general secretary called on the movement to recruit six-and-a-half million more members.
The last time that union membership stood at 13 million was in 1979, before the election of Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government.
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