Is there a need for a Trades Union

The question as to whether ethnic communities here in Britain should be represented by their own Trades Unions has been raised on a number of occasions by several communities before.

The general consensus is that if workers were organised on ethnic lines this would be divisive and achieve little. So the idea has progressed further and the next level up is to set up forums or associations that ensure that workers in ethnic communities understand the importance of belonging to an established and existing trades union. And according to Nikos Venedi a lot can be done if workers advisory forums were in existence advising and guiding members of the community. The clear advise would be to consider joining the trades union that could best represent you at the work place. The Greek Workers Federation, which was formed by Nick in 2007, had that aim in mind but it was not a separate organisation from the UK mainstream TUs and the advise was to join a TU. That position remains the same today, there is now more work being done to re start the GWF and discussions are taking place with those involved with Operation Greek Vote. N Venedi will be driving both efforts with a team of volunteers. You can contact Nick on Nick@lgr.co.uk if you can help.