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With everyone from rail workers to civil servants going on strike over the winter, it’s hard to see this ending well.
The rise and fall of UK trade union membership numbers can impact the instances and success of industrial action.
At first glance, the polls suggest the government isn’t feeling the pressure. But there’s another way to look at the situation.
Energy prices, unemployment, inflation – it’s all looking a bit 1978. And that’s without COVID.
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Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Principal Lecturer (Programmes) - Humanities and Social Sciences, Teesside University
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Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas
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Professor Emeritus of History, University of Huddersfield
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Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
