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On May Day, let's take on the companies whose obscene profits drive the cost-of-living crisis
Unite general secretary SHARON GRAHAM says we should be wary of politicians talking of 'growth' when its rewards are all diverted to the pockets of the rich
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MAY 1 is an important date for trade unions. For us it marks International Workers’ Day. It is time to reflect on the sacrifice many made to get us to this point and also to consider the challenges we face today.

It was the 1886 Haymarket Affair that led to many in the workers movement adopting May Day as their own. That workers’ uprising took place in Chicago at the climax of what is now called the Great Upheaval.

Workers were regularly being killed for standing up to the powers that be. That was a different time, but then like now, the underlying tension was caused by cuts to pay — real-terms cuts to the living standards of workers.

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