If you were to believe some media coverage recently, you would think that unions were about to ruin Britain. Last week the Telegraph published a list of “the union leaders about to ruin your life”, featuring me and those at the helm of the country’s other major unions.
There have been many articles like this, along with some very angry commentators on rightwing broadcast channels. They claim that on one hand, unions will be making unreasonable demands of the Labour government, while on the other, they’re bitterly divided over how to approach a Keir Starmer administration – to the point where TUC congress will be a hothouse of union militancy and unbridled anger.
