Political funding of political parties has been in the news today, including the trade union political levies.
It is not all that easy to opt out of paying the political levy if you are in a trade union.
There are many examples of local shop stewards who have a cosy relationship with local managers - the union official and his/her mates get looked after in return for not causing trouble (and the rest of the workers are just drones to be exploited).
If you want to opt out of the political levy you have to have the courage to challenge the shop steward and get a form out of him/her and hope there will be no repercussions in the future (last in the queue for overtime, no protection from a bullying supervisor, first on the list for job displacements etc).
But you only have to look at the general election voting figures to realise trade unionists do not automatically vote Labour.
"Opt out" subscriptions are a form of inertia marketing and are highly unethical.
Would we tolerate insurance add-ons that were opt-out?
It is not all that easy to opt out of paying the political levy if you are in a trade union.
There are many examples of local shop stewards who have a cosy relationship with local managers - the union official and his/her mates get looked after in return for not causing trouble (and the rest of the workers are just drones to be exploited).
If you want to opt out of the political levy you have to have the courage to challenge the shop steward and get a form out of him/her and hope there will be no repercussions in the future (last in the queue for overtime, no protection from a bullying supervisor, first on the list for job displacements etc).
But you only have to look at the general election voting figures to realise trade unionists do not automatically vote Labour.
"Opt out" subscriptions are a form of inertia marketing and are highly unethical.
Would we tolerate insurance add-ons that were opt-out?
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