A UNION for entrepreneurs might sound a little strange. But founder Doug Richard explains: “The origins of workers’ rights in society arose from the imbalance in power between the individual worker and the company they worked for, now that imbalance is between the entrepreneur and the government.”
Richard’s Entrepreneurs’ Union might aim to give a “voice to the voiceless,” but has no intention of acting like the unions we are familiar with: “There won’t be any strikes,” he insists. But Richard thinks it is high time that someone stood up for entrepreneurs: “Sometimes a government department that doesn’t seem connected to entrepreneurs can take an action that has unintended consequences. Just look at the immigration cap. It could stop businesses bringing in top talent from abroad.”
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