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Trades councils consider break with Labour Party and more from the Trade Union Councils Conference in Cardiff
Delegates agree to initiate discussions on securing political representation for working class as well as criticising casualised, low-pay work and calling for a new drive for nationalised industry

Grassroots trade union members considered a break with Labour yesterday to boost working-class representation in politics.

Members of Britain’s trade council’s resolved “to initiate discussions on how best to secure the kind of political representation working-class people need, considering all options.”

Delegates expressed concern over the failure of Labour's leadership to abandon neoliberal policy and “the lack of a political voice representing the interests and needs of trade union members.”





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