Research shows unions make business more competitive

CWU welcomes research carried out by the TUC which has found that the presence of unions in the workplace helps make businesses more competitive.

A report - Facility Time for Union Reps: Separating fact from fiction - found that union representation in the workplace saves employers in the public and private sector as much as £701 million a year or £2 million a day.

The report, published yesterday (Tuesday) comes at a time when right wing Conservative MPs and think tanks are mounting an effort to cut the amount of paid time allowed for trade union activity.

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Source: CWU