Judith Kirton-Darling
ETUC Confederal Secretary Judith Kirton-Darling spoke at a GMB-Unison-Unite conference on European issues today (Thursday). Here is an edited version of what she said.
This is a defining period for the trade union movement across Europe. Despite the dramatic collapse in autumn 2008 following the fall of Lehmann Brothers, neo-liberalism re-asserted itself with a vengeance bringing a swing to the political right across the western world.
Rather than address the causes of the crisis – growing inequality in our societies and deregulated financial markets – political and economic elites have intensified the crisis by relying on failed policies.
