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As CWU members gather for their annual conference, general secretary DAVE WARD explains why the TUC rally on May 12 can be a catalyst to reassert trade union values across society and redesign our movement

AS the CWU meets for its annual conference this weekend and I look back at all that has been achieved by our reps in the workplace, our members and our national leadership over the last couple of years, I can say our union is in a good place.
Our success with the Four Pillars campaign at Royal Mail, the Say No to BT campaign and Close the Gap show that industrial work will always be at the heart of everything we do.
The result of our industrial action ballot at Royal Mail is recognised across the movement as showing the way that the Tory anti-trade union laws can be beaten.
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