LETTER: Unions will become redundant
Unions are inflexible and fail to understand the technology that is changing the face of commerce and industry
"Adapt or Die" (Cover Story, October 3-9) (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/cover-story/2019-10-03-the-end-of-unions/) — about the influence of the trade union movement and the reasons for its decline — made no mention of the union movement’s inflexibility and failing to understand the technology that is changing the face of commerce and industry.
Also, the unions have become fragmented, with 213 affiliates with poor administrators vying for power, and an antiquated mindset of "them and us" resulting in 132 work stoppages, leading to unemployment and a large drop in membership. This suggests the movement has failed the people it represents...
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