A new study by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has revealed trade union membership rose by 59,000 in 2012, with figures reaching 6.5 million nationally.
The rise represents a sharp turnaround in figures, reversing the trend of the last four consecutive years in which the headline number fell by more than 100,000, and the first increase since 2003. Research also found trade union membership kept pace with an increase in the numbers of workers between 2011 and 2012, remaining at about…
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