WORKERS’ STRUGGLE IN UK
Trade Unions Must Prepare to Fight for Workers Facing the Deepest Recession on Record
Steve Turner
Morning Star | August 17, 2020
WITH the tsunami of job losses we predicted when Rishi Sunak announced the phasing-out of the furlough scheme now coming to pass, the government’s reversion to type with a reliance on a failed “free market” demonstrates a complete failure to accept the role of state intervention to mitigate the impact of the crisis.
And their inability to deliver, in any sense of the word, an industrial strategy that puts working people, our families and communities first, or supports core industrial sectors central to economic recovery, is a gross betrayal of national responsibility.