the union myths series - index

This, as the title says, is the index for my union myths series.

This prefaced the very first post in this series, way back in September 2005:

Around the traps I've seen a few comments over recent months which show the ignorance of many on the Right in regard to unions. I guess I shouldn't really expect them to know, given that they've probably never been in one, but in the interests of enlightenment, here is the first is a series of explanations for those bloggers who currently wallow in their ignorance and then spread it around.*

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*and because I am too lazy/busy to continue to run around trying to deal to these misconceptions when they are popping up elsewhere.

Here are the actual posts to date:

• union myths - #1 compulsory membership (so 1980s)
• union myths - #2 all unionists want to be Rick Barker (i.e. they all want to grow up to be Labour MPs)
• union myths - #3 unions are just like businesses (it's democracy, stupid)
• union myths - #4 unions just protect the incompetent (which turned into a big fight about whether unions have just bought into a boss-centric view of competence)

This post, Labour ain't labour, is also related, although written prior to the start of the series, and I will be writing again on this theme in the near future.

Suggestions for future topics are welcome, on the back of a postcard* please.

*by which I mean in comments.