General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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Northern England fights back
TUC Northern regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW introduces this weekend’s conference which will address the growing crisis of rising costs and stagnant pay with plans for action
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TUC NORTHERN is delighted to welcome our affiliate unions from across north-east England and Cumbria for the first time since the pandemic began.
Our 2022 regional conference has a packed agenda, a full conference hall and over 25 unions, trades councils and supporting organisations in attendance. It is promising to be a lively day.
It is such a timely conference too. We all now know from the Spring Statement that, once again, working people are going to bear the brunt of rising global prices and the impact on local pricing will increase every household bill as a consequence.
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Trade union delegates will debate coming battles when they gather in Newcastle for the annual meeting of Northern region of the TUC, writes TUC regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW
Wide-ranging plans to resist Tory government attacks on unions will be laid at the annual conference of Yorkshire and the Humber region of the Trade Union Congress this weekend, writes TUC regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW
Opposing anti-strike laws, rebuilding public transport and fighting for better wages are on the agenda at the annual conference of Northern region TUC in Newcastle, writes TUC regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW
