The Campaign For Trade Union Freedom was established in 2013 following a merger of the Liaison Committee For The Defence Of Trade Unions and the United Campaign To Repeal The Anti Trade Union Laws. The CTUF is a campaigning organisation fighting to defend and enhance trade unionism, oppose all anti-union laws as well as promoting and defending collective bargaining across UK, Europe and the World.
CTUF At The Durham Miners Gala & Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2026
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By Tony Burke
The Campaign For Trade Union Freedom will be holding meetingsat the 2026 Durham Miners Gala & Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival on the campaign for an Employment Rights Bill 2.
Durham Miners Gala
Friday, July 10th at 6:00 pm
Methodist Church, Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HL
Welcome by Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, Yorkshire & Humberside
Fran Heathcoate, General Secretary, PCS
Andrea Egan, General Secretary, Unison
Lord John Hendy KC, CTUF and IER
Steve Gillan, General Sectary, POA and TUC President 2026
Gwain Little, General Secretary GFTU
Christina Ioanistescu General Secretary, App Drivers & Couriers Union
Sarah Kilpatrick, Deputy General Secretary, NEU
Dr. Paul Evans, UK Council Member, BMA
Chair: Sarah Woolley, Co-chair CTUF & General Secretary BFAW
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
Saturday, July 18th at 2:00pm
Fringe Marquee, Tolpuddle Festival Site
(Wistband Essential)
Eddie Dempsey, General Secretary, RMT
John McDonnell MP
Fran Heathcoate, General Secretery, PCS
Professor Keith Ewing, CTUF & IER
Christina Ioanistescu, General Secretary, App Drivers & Couriers Union
Chair: Sarah Woolley Co-chair CTUF & General Secretary BFAWU
