HENRY FOWLER, assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), reports on Day 2 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at the Workers’ Retreat, Quorn Grange Hotel
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Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
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OUR union, TSSA, gathers this year for its annual conference in Sheffield against a backdrop of upheaval at home and abroad.
As trade unionists we refuse to bury our heads in the sand — it’s not in our nature because we exist to take head-on the many challenges facing our members and to shape wider society in favour of working people.
I say this with great pride as we prepare to celebrate our 125th birthday!
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