Trade unions increasingly irrelevant, argues CBI chief
The trade union movement is becoming 'increasingly irrelevant every day', as employees lose interest in unions whose leaders have 'outdated notions' of the world of work, according to Digby Jones, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry.
In a speech at CBI Scotland's annual dinner, Jones urged the unions to 'reform and, by encouraging flexibility, help the nation win the battle for competitiveness or wither on the vine of growing irrelevancy'.
CBI chief urges union chiefs to reform or die Michael Millar reports, from personneltoday.com.
Trade unions are 'increasingly irrelevant', says CBI leader Read the press release on Digby Jones' speech, as published on the CBI website.
Digby Jones - disappointingly Thatcherite Read the response of Trades Union Congress general secretary Brendan Barber, as published on the TUC website.
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