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Unions mustn't miss another opportunity to change balance of power in Britain, union leaders warn special congress
CWU leader Dave Ward said every union must present an action plan on defying the anti-strike law
UNIONS missed their last opportunity to “change the balance of forces in the world of work” and must not do so again, Communication Workers Union leader Dave Ward warned the TUC special congress on Saturday.
Unions had a chance to turn things around after the Covid pandemic: “it was laid bare to everyone that without working-class people, society didn’t function.”
But change “never happened. Not because of the Tories. Not because of the Labour Party.
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