Workforce: Trades Union Congress Debate
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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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Workforce: Trades Union Congress
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I said that we remain open to meeting trade unions. However, the noble Lord’s figures are wrong: trade unions do not represent 30 million workers in this country; only 23% of workers are members of trade unions, so more than three-quarters are not represented by them.
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)
My Lords, is the Minister aware that one of the problems facing workers is ageism? This could be properly dealt with if we had an older people’s commissioner.