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General Secretary of the Trade Union Congress Paul Nowak
THIRTEEN years of Tory government have “broken this country,” TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said today.
Speaking at Aslef’s annual conference in Cardiff, Wales, the TUC leader praised the hundreds of thousands of workers standing up to take action for fair pay across the country.
He said: “To each and every worker considering, or taking, strike action I say together we win, solidarity, comrades!
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