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TUC leader calls for a stronger union movement to help win racial justice
Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak called on Saturday for a stronger trade union movement to win racial justice, during a speech to the TUC black workers’ conference.

He told delegates that he had just returned from a visit to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

“Last week, I was in Ramallah, where I heard first hand about the situation facing people in the occupied West Bank, where aid and food has been deliberately cut off.

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