France – Great Britain: union finances, a debate on both sides of the Channel

ce, the issue of union funding came (back) up in public debates in recent days. In the UK, it was the result of a report from the TaxPayers’ Alliance, which led the Prime Minister to support a campaign on the public money spent on funding union officials in public bodies. In France, a ‘deep sixed’ report by an investigative commission of the French parliament, followed by revelations as regards funding in some works councils, mostly in public companies, revived the debate, which dates back to