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Jim Harte

Jim Harte is an electrician, Unite activist, a former active member of the EETPU and EPIU, and a current Labour councillor.

When Unions Spy for the State

Last month, Norman Tebbit revealed that senior figures in the old EETPU helped Thatcher’s government spy on trade unionists – it’s a cautionary tale about labour leaders who side with the state against their class.