The key theme for the Trades Union Councils Programme of Work for 2015 to 2016 sets out a positive vision of trade unions as we know them to be: a democratic force for fairness in the modern workplace.

The key areas of campaigning for the year are:

1. Protecting workers’ rights to organise together
2. An end to austerity economics
3. A twenty-first century Europe
4. Making devolution and decentralisation work
5. Reaching out to young workers
6. Fighting racism and defending black, Asian and ethnic minority workers
7. Defending the Welfare State

This programme of work has been designed to ensure that trades union councils can identify the role they can play in TUC campaigns and help implement the resolutions passed at the 2015 trades union councils conference which was held on 13th and 14th June in Crewe. To see the resolutions, or to download a PDF copy please click here 2015 trades union councils conference resolutions.