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USDAW leaders urged female and ethnic-minority members to stand against the common enemy and fight for social equality today.
At the union’s equalities fringe meeting in Blackpool, which celebrated the 150th foundation of the TUC and the centenary of female suffrage, general secretary-elect Paddy Lillis paid tribute to female and ethnic minority workers.
Urging delegates to fight for “equality in society,” Mr Lillis called for unity “against the common enemy” and “people who want to keep the people that we represent down.”
Half a century after transformative laws reshaped Britain, women’s rights are again contested. This International Women’s Day is a call to remember how change was won, and to organise to defend it, says KATE RAMSDEN
Women are a vital part of the labour movement and have much to contribute, but there’s far more to be done to make sure that our sisters’ voices are truly heard, says PHILIPA HARVEY
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
Sharon Graham addresses the Unite policy conference after talks over the Birmingham bin strikes break down