Rail Strike! w/ Eddie Dempsey
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This week, Grace speaks to Eddie Dempsey, Senior Assistant General Secretary of the RMT, about the strike action being taken by the rail union up and down the UK. They discuss the background to the strikes, how the government constructed a railway network that funnels money away from workers towards executives, and the union's "militant, rank-and-file culture of democracy."You can support our work on the show by becoming a patron (https://www.patreon.com/Aworldtowinpod). Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.
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