Politics for the Many’s TUC Congress drinks reception: With Mark Serwotka

Join the PCS General Secretary, Mark Serwotka, at Politics for the Many’s reception, just two minutes walk from Congress.

Today, there is a new democratic frontier for trade unions in Britain: reforming Westminster’s creaking establishment. From a broken voting system, to an unelected House of Lords and denying 16 and 17 year olds the vote, Parliament is skewed towards a privileged few.

Trade unions exist for workers to stand up against concentrations of power and wealth. We know that political inequality leads to economic inequality: if working people don’t have a voice, it’s inevitable that our economy will deny them a voice too.