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The Real Story: The State of the Unions

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The State of the Unions

13/04/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - The Real Story, The State of the Unions

As President Macron on France takes on the country's powerful trade unions, we ask if organised labour has a future?

The French President, Emmanuel Macron is taking on the country's powerful unions.  The response to his proposed labour reforms has been a wave of public sector strikes across France. It's a battle that has played out many times over recent years in industrialised nations and trades unions have, without doubt, been losing influence globally.  Why is this happening?  Do workers no longer regard unions as an effective way of representing their interests? Have unions failed to adapt to the changing way we work?  That's the Real Story this week with James Coomarasamy as he and his guests discuss the future of unions in the 21st Century.

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