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Join the movement and back the campaign to end austerity in Britain for good, says DAVE WARD

AS trade unionists from across the country meet in Brighton for this year’s TUC Congress, there’s a good chance that by the time we leave here on Wednesday evening a general election will have been called. 

Even if it hasn’t, it feels almost certain that we will have one before the year is out. And for the movement this is a huge opportunity. 

There is no doubt in my mind that Labour is in a position where it is promising the single most ambitious programme to grow trade unions, and to enhance collective and individual employment rights, that this country has ever seen. 

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