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The New Politics of State, Class and Trade Union Power

Wednesday 4 May 2016 | 1 hour 24 minutes 30 seconds
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With organised labour under attack and a new economy making working life tougher, are there opportunities for unions to reclaim ground?

In January 2013, Frances O’Grady (@FrancesOGrady) became the General Secretary of the TUC, the first woman ever to hold this post. Fair pay remains a core ambition – she was on the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards, and has been a member of the Low Pay and the High Pay Commissions.

Robin Archer is Director of the Ralph Miliband Programme at LSE.

The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry.