The Daily Mail front page caught my eye yesterday: it announced that trade unions were now paying their members to go on strike. I confess to being almost impressed at that infernal organ’s ability to alchemise scandals out of the prosaic, and it got me thinking about the other myths that are commonly peddled about trade unions. Let’s have a look at six regulars, and give them a good old busting….

Article continues at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/13/five-myths-trade-unions-ruining-britain-daily-mail