back to what you see. i don t want to go back. ..as a golden age, you couldn t, and i ll tell you why you couldn t, because trade union membership in the 70s was roughly at 75 80%. today it s at roughly a quarter, 25%. you know how many people under the age of 25. i don t want to go back. ..are actually in unions? 496. and that s a challenge for us. it s more than a challenge, it s a catastrophe. well, it s a challenge for us in the sense that we ve left vast areas of the economy unorganised. and what i tell the tuc and anyone else that will listen, and when we go out on the road and do road shows, enough is enough and the people s assembly, thousands of young people come out and they re asking us, how do we organise in these new forms of work? and we ve got to find a way, as trade unionists, and old geezers like me have got to change the means and the ways through which we organise. i recognise that, and i know that boring branch meetings and boring structures that we ve had are no
but even if you wanted to go back to what you see. i don t want to go back. ..as a golden age, you couldn t, and i ll tell you why you couldn t, because trade union membership in the 70s was roughly at 75 80%. today it s at roughly a quarter, 25%. you know how many people under the age of 25. i don t want to go back. ..are actually in unions? 4%. and that s a challenge for us. it s more than a challenge, it s a catastrophe. well, it s a challenge for us in the sense that we ve left vast areas of the economy unorganised. and what i tell the tuc and anyone else that will listen, and when we go out on the road and do road shows, enough is enough and the people s assembly, thousands of young people come out and they re asking us, how do we organise in these new forms of work? and we ve got to find a way, as trade unionists, and old geezers like me have got to change the means and the ways through which we organise. i recognise that, and i know that boring branch meetings and boring stru
and are now complaining that they make everything. but even if you wanted to go back to what you see. i don t want to go back. ..as a golden age, you couldn t, and i ll tell you why you couldn t, because trade union membership in the 70s was roughly at 75 80%. today it s at roughly a quarter, 25%. you know how many people under the age of 25. i don t want to go back. ..are actually in unions? 496. and that s a challenge for us. it s more than a challenge, it s a catastrophe. well, it s a challenge for us in the sense that we ve left vast areas of the economy unorganised. and what i tell the tuc and anyone else that will listen, and when we go out on the road and do road shows, enough is enough and the people s assembly, thousands of young people come out and they re asking us, how do we organise in these new forms of work? and we ve got to find a way, as trade unionists, and old geezers like me have got to change the means and the ways through which we organise. i recognise that, an
membership in the 70s was roughly at 75 80%. today it s at roughly a quarter, 25%. you know how many people under the age of 25. i don t want to go back. ..are actually in unions? 496. and that s a challenge for us. it s more than a challenge, it s a catastrophe. well, it s a challenge for us in the sense that we ve left vast areas of the economy unorganised. and what i tell the tuc and anyone else that will listen, and when we go out on the road and do road shows, enough is enough and the people s assembly, thousands of young people come out and they re asking us, how do we organise in these new forms of work? and we ve got to find a way, as trade unionists, and old geezers like me have got to change the means and the ways through which we organise. i recognise that, and i know that boring branch meetings and boring structures that we ve had are not the way forward, reading out the minutes and all the rest. speaking as an old geezer, i sympathise with the difficulties. but also, sp
and a lot of that has been now thrown away because they re going to casualise our economy, and of course, they exported all those manufacturing jobs as a deliberate and intentional policy under thatcher and tebbit, they sent all that work to china and the far east, and are now complaining that they make everything. but even if you wanted to go back to what you see. i don t want to go back. ..as a golden age, you couldn t, and i ll tell you why you couldn t, because trade union membership in the 70s was roughly at 75 80%. today it s at roughly a quarter, 25%. you know how many people under the age of 25. i don t want to go back. ..are actually in unions? 496. and that s a challenge for us. it s more than a challenge, it s a catastrophe. well, it s a challenge for us in the sense that we ve left vast areas of the economy unorganised. and what i tell the tuc and anyone else that will listen, and when we go out on the road and do road shows, enough is enough and the people s assembly, tho