Even Mr Blair's half-hearted reforms have been condemned as vandalism by trade union reactionaries.
Trade union Unison said it was concerned about the proposals and wanted further talks.
Britain's biggest trade union, Unite, is calling for a 24-hour general strike against austerity measures.
Guy Ryder, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, will become a CBE.
The main trade union for lecturers said this would amount to a cut in pay.
Shadow minister Michael Dugher also said the party had "concerns" regarding trade union affiliation fees.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, 13 million people were in a trade union.
The TUC, as the umbrella organisation for the trade union movement, is a broad church.
Government figures show around 6.4 million employees in the UK were trade union members last year.
But a trade union claimed that the decision would lead to 36 compulsory redundancies.
Trade union Unison said its members were shocked and very concerned about the expenditure.
Tanya Palmer, from trade union Unison, gave her backing to the views of the consultant.
Stephanie Herd, of the trade union Unison, called for an end to the council-tax freeze.
Thursday's ruling was prompted by a Spanish trade union case against a group of department stores.
He doubts that changes in the law now will bring back trade union militancy.
John Gorle from the trade union USDAW, said the "only option" was to find a buyer.
Trade union reform, privatisation, de-regulation and reduction of income tax rates were all achieved under her leadership.
But at the Honda plant, employees fume more about the factory's trade union than about Japanese managers.
Trade union Unite says Ford guaranteed to protect workers' terms and conditions when they transferred to Visteon.
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Tony Woodley, the general secretary of trade union Unite, said the criticisms were "understandable but not realistic".
But trade union official Antonis Dalakogiorgos was quoted as saying that seamen would resist the government orders.
He hopes to use the trade union bit of Solidarity that he still runs as his weapon.
The country's largest trade union, the General Union of Tunisian Workers, called a general strike for Friday.
Speaking for his centre-left trade union, Mr Zuza grumbles that Mr Reinfeldt is too negative about Saab.
Britain's trade union body, the TUC, wants employers to be compelled to pay into their workers' pension funds.
Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite trade union, said Mr Osborne's speech was intended to create division.
Scargill was introduced at the 2012 rally as the "greatest trade union leader this country has ever seen".
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According to trade union Unison, the number of people working in local government has dropped 34, 500 since 2008.
An RMT trade union spokesman said 31 drivers had recently joined other operators for better pay and conditions.
Pressure to change the culture has been launched by Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis and the trade union Unite.
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