UNISON has urged trade unionists to “turn the tide” on Thatcherism and fight for the return of sectoral collective bargaining.
Delegates at the union’s annual conference in Liverpool said that building up collective bargaining was a necessity to improve workers’ livelihoods and conditions.
Unison national executive committee member Kate Ramsden said: “The striking change in the economy is the decline in national income that is shared to people in wage packets.
Unison national officer CLARE WILLIAMS spoke to the Morning Star about the union’s priority campaigns and why they will not let up just because the Prime Minister has changed
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