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International Women's Day 2025 / 8 March 2025
8 March 2025
Persistent inequality for women shows we still have a long way to go, but Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ is confident we can build a fairer country when we work together
Stop Hate Demo
Features / 16 March 2024
16 March 2024
SHAVANAH TAJ argues that with bigot MPs like Lee Anderson and big donors like Frank Hester leading the charge against minorities, Welsh unions must stand firm and restate their anti-racist, internationalist politics
Mike Erskine
Features / 6 October 2022
6 October 2022
Cardiff remains a profoundly unequal city – if politicians and bosses won't do something, workers have to, argues Wales TUC general secretary SHAVANAH TAJ
People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest rally outsi
Features / 4 February 2022
4 February 2022
The devolved Welsh Parliament is not able to overrule Westminster itself, but it has taken a radically different path from the Tories' right-wing, anti-migrant agenda, reports SHAVANAH TAJ
People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Brighton
Features / 17 July 2021
17 July 2021
A new Race Equality Action Plan from the Welsh government is a welcome first step – but the real challenge will be to implement it, says Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ
Social distancing signs in Wales
Features / 24 May 2021
24 May 2021
As Wales TUC gears up for its annual congress, SHAVANAH TAJ takes a look at some of the priorities on the horizon for trade unionists
Shavanah Taj
Features / 21 May 2021
21 May 2021
The Welsh government needs be ambitious when it comes to jobs, not just hope for the market to deliver, says Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ
COMPARING NOTES: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (centre) a
Features / 28 April 2021
28 April 2021
The Social Partnership Bill represents a real opportunity, says SHAVANAH TAJ
Home working
Features / 8 March 2021
8 March 2021
Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ argues that women workers must be at the heart of recovery plans and at the decision-making tables
The House of Lords stock
Features / 20 September 2019
20 September 2019
Labour is moving towards backing a radical overhaul of Westminster and the House of Lords, writes SHAVANAH TAJ
PCS
Features / 21 May 2018
21 May 2018
PCS is standing up for workers’ living standards, writes SHAVANAH TAJ