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For women workers there can be no going back to ‘normal’ after the pandemic
Presenteeism, the blurring of home and work, and domestic violence are emerging as increased challenges for our movement to address, requiring new union organising tools, says LYNN HENDERSON

WOMEN across four nations joined a virtual gathering of the TUC women’s council of the Isles on the morning of February 19.  

This long-established annual meeting of women’s committees of the trade-union centres of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England, saw its first virtual networking event.

The Scottish TUC is the 2021 host, and hopes to be able to hold a physical event in November when the world’s eyes are on Glasgow for COP26. 

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