LRC Meeting – Defend the Link

The Labour Representation Committe defends the link between Trade Unions and the Labour Party. Following various conversations with labour movement activists at Tolpuddle the following campaign statement has been launched by the Labour Representation Committee but with the aim of putting the campaign in the hands of a broad organising committee once significant support has been won. Speakers including Keith Ewing Manuel Cortes General Secretary TSSA Maria Exall Marshajane Thompson as well as other signatories. Statement “The creation of the Labour Party opened up the possibility of political representation for working class people. The relationship between the trade unions and the Party has been and remains central to the role of the Party in representing the interests of working people. We therefore support: – the collective affiliation of trade unions to the Party; – collective decision making by trade unionists within the Party; – representation for and involvement of trade unions at every level of the Party. We will campaign for this throughout the Party and trade unions and call on all labour movement activists to make submissions to the Collins review in accordance with the above principles.” Manuel Cortes General Secretary TSSA Ian Hodson National President Bakers’ Food & Allied Workers Union