Dispatches Hatchet Job

Posted in Tubeworker's blog on ,

Did anyone watch the Dispatches doc 'What's the point of the unions?'. They seemed to be saying RMT strike ballots are held at meetings where members are intimidated into voting yes for strike action - postal ballots were 'overlooked'. Then went on to say that RMT are striking too early - disregarding the fact that staff cuts have already been imposed, and that the first strike wasn't until SIX MONTHS after the job cuts were announced! - a question which wasn't put to the union, or at least not aired.

And the doc certainly didn't answer the question 'What is the point of unions' but rather picked a few stories of alleged impropriety none of which was particularly balanced or looked into what other justifiable explanations there could have been instead....

We'd all like to see our unions get a better hearing in the media, and many of us think that the unions could try harder to explain our case, but this piece of TV showed that it is not in the media's interest to put the workers' side of things across. It might get people thinking and we can't have that.

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