Trade unions have backed a motion calling for a national day of demonstration to oppose cuts in public services, pension provision and jobs.
Delegates at the annual Trades Union Congress in Manchester called on members to "support and co-ordinate campaigning and joint union industrial action, nationally and locally in opposition to attacks on jobs, pensions, pay or public services" and demanded a lobby of parliament to support more equal pension provision.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber told the conference: "Although the government is pursuing a political programme that we will only defeat politically, where members - faced with attacks on jobs, pay or pensions - take a democratic decision for industrial action, they will have the support of their unions and the TUC stands ready to co-ordinate that."
The TUC is composed of 58 different unions. Membership currently stands at about 6.5 million people.
0 comments:
Post a Comment