Trade Unionism
The tag of the 'Awkward Squad' is applied to a current group of left-wing trade unionists in the United Kingdom, marked out by their opposition to the Labour Party's economic policies. The group includes Bob Crow, Mark Serwotka, and Tony Woodley.
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Famous quotes containing the words trade and/or unionism:
“a highly respectable gondolier,
Who promised the Royal babe to rear
And teach him the trade of a timoneer
With his own beloved brattling.”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“What is Virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)