THE Trades Union Congress (TUC) held its annual conference in Liverpool last week. This was the second time it had come together since the cost of…
, nuclear decommissioning and border security, the union movement has known this was coming for well over a year.When the government consultation on establishing the code of practice for implementing the Act ends on October 6, it will not take long for employers to be ready to use its provisions. And yet the TUC is only now discussing what it should be doing practically to turn defiance into non-compliance.
Even though more than 50,000 joined the NEU in the first three months of this year. When it came to the election for a new general secretary, held between February and March 2023, the turnout was just 9%. Previous elections for general secretaries routinely saw just 5% to 10% of members voting. Moreover, turnouts for elections to unions’ national executives showed no discernible uptick in 2023.
But all is not lost. In the cost of living fightback, new internal groupings were formed by grassroots members, which is a sign of democratic renewal. Such groups emerged in the CWU, Royal College of Nursing, PCS and National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, for instance.
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