Why You Should Be a Trade Unionist de Len McCluskey
« In this short and accessible book, Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite the Union, presents the case for joining a trade union. Drawing on anecdotes from his own long involvement in unions, he looks at the history of trade unions, what they do and how they give a voice to working people, as democratic organisations.
He considers the changing world of work, the challenges and opportunities of automation and why being trade unionists can enable us to help shape the future. He sets out why being a trade unionist is as much a political role as it is an industrial one and why the historic links between the labour movement and the Labour Party matter.
Ultimately, McCluskey explains how being a trade unionist means putting equality at work and in society front and centre, fighting for an end to discrimination, and to inequality in wages and power. »
J'ai trouvé le début très intéressant, avec une histoire du syndicalisme au Royaume-Uni, que je connaissais assez mal en dehors des grandes grèves des mineurs et de toute la politique criminelle de Thatcher et des Tories.
Le reste du livre se répète un peu, et je dois avouer que la suite sans fin d'exemples et de name dropping (à l'exception notable de quelques « young woman » sans nom) ont un peu douché mon enthousiasme. C'est intéressant mais pas ma meilleure lecture de l'année.
Ce que j'en retiens ? Syndiquez-vous. Ah, et, dans le doute, c'est la faute de Thatcher et des Tories.