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THE 2023 TUC Congress will be held in Liverpool from September 10-13, and there will be one motion, one debate, which will be looked forward to by all local trades councils activists. This is the motion from the Prison Officers’ Association, which will be seconded by the Communication Workers Union.
It reads: “Congress accepts that trades councils have a rich history in the trade union movement and play an active part in communities supporting the wider movement and TUC campaigns.
“Further it is recognised that trades councils have a combined affiliated membership of hundreds of thousands of members throughout the movement. Yet trades councils are seriously under-represented within Congress.
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