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THE main event of any Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival may be Sunday’s march and rally, but this year the celebrations have lasted all week.
For the first time, general union GMB organised its own campsite opposite the main festival grounds to give their hard-pressed members a free holiday.
The offer attracted many of the families who have been hit by the Tories’ savage cuts.
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the legal case behind this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and the lessons for today
The courage of striking Unison members across south-west England shows workers are ready to fight for their rights – and win, says Unison South West regional secretary KERRY BAIGENT
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street