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Women are at the cutting edge of trade union struggle
In my union PCS, we know from experience that women are the first line of defence during this ongoing period of attacks from the government and employers on our living standards, writes LYNN HENDERSON
Members of the PCS union on the picket line outside the Passport Office in Glasgow
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SOLIDARITY greetings to Andrea Bradley, chair of the Scottish TUC women’s committee, and all my trade union sisters attending this year’s STUC women’s conference.
You meet at a time when building collective power and support has never been more important for women.
PCS is a majority-female union and as our long-standing general secretary Mark Serwotka prepares for retirement at the end of the year, our members are about to elect his replacement.
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