Trendy: Do trade unions still matter in the UK?

Over the last forty years trade union membership in Britain has halved. Critics of the new government have accused it of giving into union demands over public pay. John and Rachel discuss how important trade unions are in the modern workplace. 

Hosts: John Curtice and Rachel Wolf

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