I attended a meeting of 240 trade unionists in the comfort of my front room today. It is the kind of meeting an old timer like myself can attend without difficulty.
The main theme of the NSSN conference was the refusal of trade unionists to pay the price for the C-virus. On the one hand the government failed to bring in lockdown in time to save more lives and on the other hand there is a lack of planning in the ending of lockdown today.
There was praise for the success of the NEU in finally getting the government to see sense over re-opening schools or opening them more widely. Now however the government is refusing to take account of the safety of students and staff in its plans to open schools in September.
Only the trade unions are capable of resisting the government's new austerity proposals (which they will no doubt call something else). There was criticism of Labour councils carrying out Tory cuts.
It is great to get together with like-minded trade unionists. Your union branch could send a delegate to NSSN.
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