Emeka Forbes, the chair of anti-poverty charity Z2K, argues that unions should be less adversarial when working with the charity sector.
Unions and social justice charities should be natural allies, sharing fundamental values: fairness, dignity at work, the belief that people deserve better, and that change happens when people organise together. But the union's engagement with charities has felt adversarial, extractive, and damaging – with many of the staff feeling caught in the crossfire. Read more on Forbes' opinion here.