The regional conference of the TUC North East, Yorkshire and the Humber will be looking to set the agenda for a growing, diverse trade union movement, says JAY McKENNA

The past year has been hard – but our fights aren’t won yet, writes JAY McKENNA, secretary of North West region of the TUC, as its annual conference takes place in Warrington

Delegates representing 800,000 workers in north-west England will meet for the first time in three years at the annual conference of North West Region of the Trade Union Congress in Liverpool today. Regional secretary JAY McKENNA looks at some of the big issues coming up