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Equality must be the priority as we tackle the pandemic
Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ argues that women workers must be at the heart of recovery plans and at the decision-making tables

A WOMAN’S place is in her union. As a woman general secretary in our labour movement, sharing a space with other women at the forefront of organising and campaigning to protect workers’ rights makes me feel immensely proud of how far we have come, but equally driven to end inequalities like sexism once and for all.
As trade unionists, we strive for a labour market that is better, fairer and excludes no-one.
We’re facing a lot of challenges to this right now, but two stand out on International Women’s Day — making sure that workers are properly rewarded for what they did in the pandemic and how we can achieve a green recovery defined by equality of outcome.
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