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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From the grassroots Living Rent is working to win for tenants
Building a unified movement around in workplaces and communities can beat the housing crisis and landlord profiteering, says RUTH GILBERT
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DURING a year of industrial action on a scale not seen in 30 years, workers and tenants have stood united on picket lines across Scotland.
Solidarity between trade and tenants’ unions has never been more vital, and the emergent cross-union power located in our communities must be seized.
As Scotland’s Tenants’ Union, Living Rent is building working-class power from the ground up. Structured around a model of local neighbourhood branches, our work focuses largely on housing.
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