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Organ Morgan.
Trade union membership pro rata is at its lowest since 1940. Only one in every four employees is a member. Collective bargaining is next to impossible at so many workplaces. The rail unions draw strength and communality from having high rates of membership. Nevertheless, they have to jump through many hoops to legally withdraw their labour due to the machinations of the political class since Thatcher came to power. Politicians and their partners know only too well that a fractured workforce, as with the population generally, is easier to control.