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Monday 26 September 2011

Trade unionism is vital in any society and we are proud of our union link – Peter Hain

Although he was winding up a series of endorsements - rather than a debate - on the Refounding Labour proposals, Shadow Welsh secretary Peter Hain MP yesterday gave a welcome reaffirmation of the Labour-Union link, albeit with a curious emphasis on ‘individual trade unionists’:
http://www.labour.org.uk/peter-hain-speech-to-labour-party-conference