Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
Blackburn and District Trades Union Council
Blackburn and District Trades Union Council has responded to the Lancashire “devolution” proposals by raising several issues around economic development and public engagement. The Trades Council’s approach to the linked issues of devolution, regional economic development, the legacy of de-industrialisation, “left-behind” communities, and regaining economic growth, is that: A) British governments consistently underestimate the scale…
January’s Trades Council meeting agreed a response to be submitted in response to the Government’s “consultation” on “Hiring agency staff to cover industrial action”. We are by no means convinced that those in power give anything but the most cursory attention to what they receive during these exercises, but they do at least provoke us…