The Trade Union Movement and the Arms Trade at the TUC Conference In 2017 the TUC passed a motion calling for the diversification of the arms industry. In 2022 the TUC annual conference debated a motion to reverse this stand, in view of the war in Ukraine and the new possibilities for military contracts from the … Continue reading The Labour Movement and the Arms Trade
The TUC have called for a large demonstration in London on June 18th in the face of the cost of living crisis. “Working people have had enough. Everything’s going up but our wages. Join the trade union movement in London to tell this government: we DEMAND better!” reads the TUC blurb. They are right and a massive … Continue reading Let’s Avoid a 1970s Rerun
By Manus O’Riordan Dr Jim Moher's biography, Walter Citrine: Forgotten Statesman of the Trades Union Congress, was profiled by its author in the March issue of Labour Affairs. On 24 March a book launch was held, in the form of a Zoom meeting, for which 160 people pre-registered and 120 attended, including myself. The launch was chaired … Continue reading Citrine Biography Book Launch Report
Walter Citrine:Forgotten Statesman of the Trades Union Congress by Dr Jim Moher (JGM Books, from March 2021), £24.99 This is the first biography of a trade union leader who was a leading figure in the Labour movement when the trade unions were a powerful influence in British society. It is also a study of his … Continue reading Walter Citrine
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