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We’re facing a perfect storm of attacks on living standards
But the labour movement is poised for the fightback – it’s time to get involved, says MARK SERWOTKA 
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) protest

TRADE unions are now the bulwark against a cruel government and the vehicle for social justice.

Thousands will gather in London this weekend to demand action over the cost-of-living crisis and I can’t think of a better vehicle for effecting that change than the trade union movement. 

Even before the demo has begun, brave union members in the RMT have voted to walk out at the end of June, in what is being described as the biggest rail strike in modern history. 

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