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Make solidarity permanent to create a fairer Europe
LUCA VISENTINI believes recent legal gains by trade unions in various EU countries point to the potential for collective struggle that must not go to waste
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THE value of solidarity has never been so clear to so many people.

It has been clear simply in the way we have worn masks to protect others, it has been clear in the way workers put themselves at risk to keep essential services running and it’s been clear in the way trade unions won unprecedented support to save jobs and livelihoods during the pandemic. 

In these difficult times, we have depended on one another. The enduring message of the labour movement has never been so powerful as in the circumstances we are marking May Day this year. 

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