Remember — the poor are people too

IT’S good to see a columnist telling it like it really is.

Fergus Finlay’s reminder (April 14) — that trade unions won’t do much in the present crisis to help the poor because the poor don’t matter — is as stark and true as it gets.

Trade union activism has become another career move, little else. Why can’t the poor organise marches and put up placards? It’s a question of will, very often. If you can’t eat you can’t talk.