Angela Gorrie reports on Dundee
While traditional manufacturing industries are declining in Dundee, it’s beginning to seem like workers’ struggles are on the rise.
It’s saying something when a city which once boasted to be the home of ‘Jute, Jam and Journalism’ now lists Tesco as its largest single employer. Of the 29 companies who employ more than 300 people, few can claim to be involved in any kind of manufacture. While Michelin still remains, the likes of Timex have been replaced by companies specialising in biotechnology and computer games and the city council never tire of talking up their so called ‘Cultural Quarter’. Continue reading “‘the resurgence of unions in the strangest of places’…”
