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We are experiencing first hand the need for a fairer society
The task that lies ahead when the coronavirus crisis ends is to turn this collective experience into action, says CRAIG ANDERSON

THE contempt and hypocrisy of the political elite has dazzled and amazed at a level never seen before the Covid-19 crisis. 

The Tories’ continued smoke-and-mirror strategies and new-found passionate loyalty to NHS staff and key workers beggar belief.

In the CWU, our members are scared, being asked or forced to risk their lives and and the lives of their families without the necessary protection, whether through lack of protective wear or lack of government support. 

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