Received from: CWU
Congress agrees the need for this Labour government to deliver a new social and economic settlement that rebalances wealth and power in favour of working-class people.
Congress further agrees that the TUC must play a central role in securing this change by campaigning, organising and mobilising on the following priorities:
i. The need to build on the New Deal for Workers and the Employment Rights Act through further legislation that prioritises collective workers’ rights and introduces sectoral collective bargaining across the economy, establishes a single status of worker, and delivers a new wave of insourcing.
ii. Ensuring the development and use of AI is subject to strong worker protections, collective bargaining and democratic accountability.
iii. Reasserting the trade union movement as the collective voice of working-class people, including by implementing anti-racist and intersectional workplace and member engagement strategies that unify the working-class.
iv. Reforming the TUC to harness the collective strength of our unions, build worker power and organise more effectively across the modern economy. To achieve this, the general secretary will lead a joint working group, reporting to the General Council by April 2027, to bring forward proposals for stronger democratic governance, including the election process and term of office for the TUC leadership, as well as structures that facilitate greater collaboration between trade unions across sectors, building on composite motion 1 (TUC 2025).