The Guardian view on trade unions: needed as much as ever | Editorial

In a low-wage, exploitative economy, workers still need help and support, but not the way they used toThere is little to be said for the strike stopping some customers getting their Christmas presents in the post, nor the ones threatened by British Airways cabin staff and baggage handlers at many of the UK’s airports that threaten long-planned festive breaks, nor for the long-running dispute that is making the lives of commuters in parts of south-east England so miserable. But they are not