The Interview - General Secretary of the GMB Union - Paul Kenny
Download General Secretary of the GMB Union - Paul Kenny
Britain's Labour Party was created from the trade unions and it still gets most of its money from them. But Labour’s leader Ed Miliband - a man who owes his job to the union vote - now wants to loosen those ties. Hardtalk speaks to Paul Kenny, the leader of one of the UK's biggest unions, the GMB. He says Labour is in danger of losing 90% of his union's funding. So what would a change mean for the Labour Party, the unions and working class representation in Britain?
Photo: Paul Kenny (right) Credit: Getty Images
Published on Monday, 22nd July 2013.
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