There are so many reasons unions are important. Many of the rights we enjoy at work have been won because of union campaigns. To mark #heartunions week, here are just nine reasons: 1. Unity is Strength â unions provide workers with a powerful, collective voice to communicate to management their dissatisfaction and frustration.
Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. Adam Smith (16 June 1723 â 17 July 1790) was a Scottish-born economist and philosopher, widely considered the father of modern economics.
From Enlightenment Revolution. Smith, Adam (1723-1790): Scottish philosopher and political economist. Born in Kircaldy in Scotland, Adam Smith was raised in the middle-class family of a public official. In 1737, he attended the University of Glasgow where he was a student of Hutcheson, Francis, who exercised a profound influence on his thought. He left the University to 1740 to study classical literature at Oxford.