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Britain's workers drew a line in the sand yesterday with a vow to confront Tory attacks on them and their communities head-on — with a general strike if necessary.
Cheers echoed around the TUC Congress conference in Bournemouth as delegates representing 6.2 million workers voted eight to one to back motion 54, which commits the organisation to retain general strike plans in its industrial arsenal.
They rejected opposition from steelworkers’ union Community and retail union Usdaw, among others.
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP