STRIKING workers were joined by Royal College of Nurses general secretary Pat Cullen at Glastonbury’s Left Field stage today to stress the power of being in a union.
Singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, introducing the panel debate titled Power in a Union: a Year of Strikes and Solidarity, called the wave of strikes sweeping Britain now as important as the miners’ strike in the 1980s.
Ms Cullen said: “Taking strike action is the difference between paying your rent next month or standing up for yourself.
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