TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
SWTUC: comradeship and class struggle at Croyde Bay
Delegates gathered to confront a broad range of issues from declining membership and a rising far-right threat to devolution and fighting union-busting giants like Amazon, reports GARETH LOWE
Sadie Fulton, SWTUC policy and campaigns support officer, addresses conference, which highlighted developments in the US under the Trump administration and addressed concerns that Britain may follow suit in tending towards the far right.
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DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
AS is the case every year, the 2025 TUC South West (SWTUC) annual conference agenda was packed. Delegates from trade unions and trades councils from across the region gathered in Croyde, north Devon.
For many delegates, arriving the evening before conference, Thursday night was as busy as the days that followed, with a comradely atmosphere hanging over the picturesque bay as old acquaintances were renewed and new allegiances formed.
The Friday plenary session saw SWTUC regional secretary Ines Lage open conference with a resumé of the year prior and a look to the future. We heard how the TUC is “still holding the government’s feet to the fire” over strengthening trade union rights and repealing minimum service levels anti-strike legislation.
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