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BRITAIN’S newest organisation committed to promoting trade unionism to young people met for the first time on Wednesday to discuss how to begin rolling out a nationwide campaign to engage, recruit and retain new members within trade unions.
Meeting in Newcastle just a few days after TUC Congress drew to a close and a few days before Labour Party conference was due to start in Brighton, the initial working group of Trade Unionists of Tomorrow came together to take matters into their own hands and work to fill a gap that they believe the movement has left vacant for too long.
This collection of young, grassroots trade unionists and activists, representing a wide range of both regions and industries, agreed a simple mission statement:
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