The Trades Council heard from TUC Regional Secretary Cheryl Pidgeon who outlined the campaigning opportunities for the trades council, recognising that the future looked bleak for many public servants - and the people who relied on them. Cheryl emphasised that it was not just public sector workers who are going to suffer, the communities we live in will be hit and private sector jobs will also be lost as public sector contracts disappear.
Cheryl congratulated the trades council on their work over the past year, organising against the BNP, fundraising for striking Royal Mail workers, protecting elderly care homes and organising Lincoln's first May Day celebration for 20 years.
Delegates discussed plans for future campaigns against public sector cuts and how they can use these campigns to grow the trades council and recruit new trade union members.
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