Undermining Trade Unionism
During the mid to late 1970s David Stirling created a secret organisation designed to undermine trade unionism from within.
He recruited like minded individuals from within the trade union movement, the express intention that they should cause as much trouble during conferences as permissible. One such member was Kate Losinska who was Head of the Civil and Public Services Association. Funding for this "operation" came primarily from his friend James Goldsmith.
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