Trade Unions Must Not Be Political Party
Received Mondav 7 p.m. LONDON, Sept. 19. A warning that trade unions must not trv to take over the functions of a political party, was given by Mr S. C. Hills, northern area secretary j)£ -the Transport and General Workers' Union, in a speech at Bristol. He said trade unions represented the workers onlv in their productive capacitv and could uot tiake the place of a politics] Darty. There was a tendency to regard the Trade Union Congress general council as a political party and that iti duty was to tell the Government . jusl where it got off, especially if it was s Government of' a similar political col our. That -tvas-FTOng.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 September 1949, Page 5
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