CONGRESS 2020 GENERAL COUNCIL REPORT JOBS | SECURITY | DIGNITY TUC CONGRESS 2020 Copyright © 2020 TUC ISBN 978 1 911288 78 7 Trades Union Congress Congress House Great Russell Street London WC1B 3LS tuc.org.uk 020 7636 4030 Design by TUC Printed by College Hill Press Cover photo: © Andrew Matthews/PA Wire/PA Images For more copies of this publication, please contact TUC Publications on 020 7467 1294 or email
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