Trade Unions and Trades Union Councils – Mobilising for class politics within communities

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16 October 2025

Using best practice today and the lessons of working class history, speakers will discuss how communities can be mobilised to defend collective class interests and to repel the politics of division. Speakers include: Andy Bain (Chair, Islington TUC) Drew Gilchrist (Chair, Unite Youth Committee & North Lanarkshire TUC) Alex Gordon (Past President, RMT) Stephanie Martin (Glasgow TUC & community campaigner) Chris Neville (President, Manchester TUC) Jonathan White (MML tutor & author) Beth Winter (former MP for Cynon Valley & community campaigner) Chair: Kevan Nelson (Unison, Assistant General Secretary)