ROB WARZYNIAK wades knee deep through a pile of ‘dead canaries’ of Trumpist policies which exacerbated the horrors of US capitalism domestically
TRADES council delegates from across the country will be gathering at Congress House on June 1-2 for the annual trades council conference.
Against a background of several years of industrial unrest, trade unionists have led an ongoing fight back against a Tory government which has piled on the fiercest onslaught on jobs, wages and conditions and cuts to public services and there has never been a more urgent need to build a strong and united trade union movement.
Trades council delegates are groups of trade unionists who live and/or work and are active in their area. They are elected by local trade union branches to their local trades council. The more unions affiliate to their trades council, the stronger the trades council and the better chances of leading united campaigns of local trade unionists supporting unions taking industrial action.
Midlands trade unionists are turning challenge into opportunity through collective power and renewed confidence, says STUART RICHARDS
LUKE FLETCHER outlines Plaid Cymru bold plans for wide-ranging policy consultations with trade unions in Wales
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
The newly catalogued News International Dispute Archive ensures the history of the Wapping dispute – and the solidarity it inspired – is preserved, accessible and alive for future generations, says MATT DUNNE



