For some reason, the rightwing press doesn’t regard this as a tough verdict on the pathetic performance of its good friends in government. Rather than pin the blame on No 10, the Tory papers have decided to accuse the public of failing its masters, while attempting to bully workers back into the office. Only the collective power of workers can be an effective counterweight to the otherwise dictatorial power of bosses. While a slight majority of public sector workers are unionised, in the private sector the figure is derisory – somewhere between 13% and 14%. That workers had already endured the longest squeeze in wages for generations had everything to do with the crippling of the unions.

Source: The Guardian August 28, 2020 16:07 UTC