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MAREK;
You are as usual correct.
most trade unions are responsible organisations, working closely with employers for a better company.
The list is endless of the good work unions do, and get involved in, but allow me to tell you of one case to show the need for trade unions.
A chap on the railweays was told to go up on the roof at the now defunct Dover marine station, it was very windy, and realy the chap should have declined,
but under pressure from the manager the chap went up on the roof.
Sadly for him he was caught by the wind, fell through the very high roof, the safety nets in the high roof didnt hold him, and he fell on the platform below.
The railway manager, and British rail(as it was then) denied any responsibility
trying to blame the bloke for going on the roof.
The N.U.R (Now RMT)took up this chaps plight, as sadly he was left wheelchair bound.
The N.U.R FOUGHT for better woking conditions, an better managers, and got the man an adapatable house for his disabilities plus £100,000 compensation.
This also sent out aclear message to both the British Rail top brass, but also employers in general, that managers cannot put employees under pressure into unsafe practices.
Without the N.U.R this chap was likely to have got nothing and struggle on with life.
this is one of thousands of cases unions take up, fight for
and every day work with employers to make sure cases such as the one above don't ever happen again
