As we approach International Workers’ Day, I was reminded of an interview I recently gave to a journalist about our report on the challenges facing young women who struggle to find apprenticeships and employment which offer a viable income and the flexibility they may need to meet other responsibilities. “Isn’t that union business?”, he asked me. “Why aren’t the unions making more noise about this?” I was not sure what to say.
The President of the European Trade Union Confederation, an organisation representing 60 million Trade Union members, is a woman; the General Secretary of the TUC is a woman. Progress indeed. The fight for working rights is being led by two admirable women who are challenging the old bastions of male-dominated institutions.
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