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Jun. 30th, 2011 03:18 pmA (right-wing) friend on Facebook indignantly cites a claim by the Spectator that:
there are 360 union officials not only working full-time in government departments but paid by the taxpayer to do so at a cost of some £19 million.
Contextualisation of this from people who know more about the labour movement? I know that shop stewards and the like are entitled to paid time off for their union activities, but that doesn't seem to be what he's banging on about. (I also strongly suspect that the truth is not going to shock or appall me, given that I think that unionisation is a Good Thing).
there are 360 union officials not only working full-time in government departments but paid by the taxpayer to do so at a cost of some £19 million.
Contextualisation of this from people who know more about the labour movement? I know that shop stewards and the like are entitled to paid time off for their union activities, but that doesn't seem to be what he's banging on about. (I also strongly suspect that the truth is not going to shock or appall me, given that I think that unionisation is a Good Thing).