Unison general secretary Christina McAnea speaking at the TUC Congress
THE TUC will lay bare the brutal record of the Tory government in a series of communications over the next year and call on all political parties to commit to needs-based funding for all public services.
This evening, the annual TUC Congress unanimously passed a motion committing the union confederation to campaign for above-inflation pay rises for public service workers and a return of community policing with a “proper workforce plan for policing that cuts crime, not PCSOs [police community support officers].”
In speeches backing the motion, union leaders blamed Tory austerity for crumbling schools, prisoner escapes and falling living standards, and called on Labour to put forward “policies of hope” and introduce wealth taxes.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
