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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The TUC Anti-Racism Taskforce must be at the forefront of our collective fight for racial justice, says NASUWT leader Dr PATRICK ROACH
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After brutal police crackdowns on pensioners and the forced approval of secret IMF deals, trade unions are finally responding to grassroots pressure and fighting back against savage neoliberal reforms, reports BERT SCHOUWENBURG
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IT’S GREAT to be back at Congress, meeting together for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Congress is our opportunity to demonstrate our solidarity and affirm the power and determination of our trade union movement to change the world of work for good.
And, at a time of the worst cost-of-living crisis for half a century, rising levels of in-work poverty, and attempts to roll back the hard-won rights of workers, our fight for fairness and justice at work is more important than ever.
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