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Trades councils must be prioritised
Trades councils are key to linking up the class struggle at a local level — all unions and union branches must affiliate, writes TAM KIRBY
STUC
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WE have just come from a period in our calendars where it seems everything happens in two weeks.
The STUC congress, Workers’ Memorial Day, then May Day and for me the Voices of Scotland Readers and Supporters meeting this very night, which will be on the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, 50 years ago.
These are all very important events that trades councils across the country organise for every year.
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