FOR 40 years British workers have been deserting trade unions, a trend found across the rich world. But union officials express a striking optimism that the tide of history is turning. There may be a “massive spike in membership”, says Petros Elia, the general secretary of United Voices of the World (UVW), which represents cleaners, security guards and other precarious workers. “We’ve got more pull of workers wanting to organise than we’ve got the resources to deal with,” says John Chadfield of UTAW, which acts for tech workers. “There are opportunities to get into workplaces that have been difficult to reach in a generation,” says an official at a third union.
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