The unions – a reality check
This piece by Tim Webb appeared in Saturday’s Guardian . It’s a corrective to some of the boosterism, described so well in this piece , that passes for analysis. As talks over pay and conditions at British Airways broke down this week just days after the long-running Lindsey oil refinery dispute dominated the headlines, it looked as if Britain was heading for a summer of discontent. But unions say the recession has actually made many workers more reluctant to go on strike because t