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Miners and steelworkers once dominated the Trades Union Congress. But which industries have most trade unionists now?
Largest Proportion of Unionised Workers
Education 54%
Public administration and defence 52%
Electricity, gas and water supply 45%
Professional occupations 45%
Health and social work 42%
Smallest Proportion of Unionised Workers
Hotels/restaurants 4%
Agriculture, fisheries and food 7%
Real estate 11%
Wholesale retail and motor trade 12%
Sales/customer service 13%
Source: Labour Force Survey, ONS
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Coverage of some waterborne disasters reported on British-based news websites last week:
One penguin re-released into wild loses transmitter, might have drowned:
7 mentions, 1900 words
190 people drowned after ferry sinks off Tanzania:
7 mentions, 1750 words
10 oil workers go missing in storm in Gulf of Mexico, of whom two drown:
2 mentions, 400 words
Two men drown in Cambridgeshire lake:
2 mentions, 300 words
Two tankers collide off Tioman Island, Malayasia:
0 mentions, 0 words
Of human bondage
Twenty-four suspected slaves have been rescued from a trailer park in Bedfordshire. How many people still live in slavery worldwide? Here are some estimates:
Anti-Slavery Society 2.7m
International Labour Organisation 12.3m
‘Free the Slaves’ 27m
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