Comment by Mirioron
6 years ago
How long will it stay politically unaligned though? It seems like it would be quite easy to end up using the Union to push certain politics.
6 years ago
How long will it stay politically unaligned though? It seems like it would be quite easy to end up using the Union to push certain politics.
If that happens then members would leave.
Would they though? From what I understood Google has a workplace that heavily leans towards one political side in the US. It seems to even have been used to shame people to stay in line. What's the chance that something similar wouldn't happen with this Union?
There are no "closed shops" any more in the UK[1]. Any member can leave a union any time they like.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Act_1990
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In political terms most Google employees are centrists, wet one nation troy or Eisenhower era Republicans.
And Prospect is explicitly not "Political" with the Big P i.e. aligned with a particular party - in fact almost all Professional unions are as they have members of all political parties