6. What’s the big deal about the unions?

Rob Williams, Socialist Party industrial organiser, talks about the importance of the trade unions, their potential role, and what’s necessary to transform them. Useful further reading: • ‘Trade unions and the gig economy’ by Rob Williams, October 2016: http://www.socialismtoday.org/202/gig.html • On the events of 2011 that Rob refers to: http://www.socialismtoday.org/187/unions.html • ‘1926 general strike – workers taste power’ book by Peter Taaffe available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘Teamster rebellion’ book by Farrell Dobbs available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘Marx and Engels on the trade unions’ book available at leftbooks.co.uk • ‘Unions and Labour – forged in struggle’ book review by Rob Williams: http://www.socialismtoday.org/179/silvertown.html