To recruit new members and strengthen the union's role on the workplace, the members of the trade union confederation LO is multiplying initiatives. Several unions in Copenhagen are testing a system used in Britain and the US. A loan which turns out to be very efficient and brings the union back to its old values. (Ref. 080417)
Harald Børsting promised to get back to the source when he was elected president of the LO union six months ago (see our dispatch No. 070913). The goal: stop the ‘member hemorrhage’ LO has been undergoing since 1996. The situation is so threatening that, without efficient remedy soon, the number of members could go below the one-million threshold. As soon as his mandate began, the new chair started strengthening local units and supporting staff representatives on the workplace. “We are building
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