Intersections with other Movements

Trade unions have been fighting to improve wages and working conditions for working people. In alliance with other political parties, cooperatives and a wide variety of progressive social movements, they have also contributed to a vision of a more democratic and socially just world, both in their own countries and internationally. Here we will showcase how such alliance-building with other movements have resulted in the production of shared memories, mutual realms of memory and common memorial practices across a very wide range of issues – from welfare to environmental protection, from housing to 2SLGTBQIA+ rights. The possible list of alliances and shared concerns is long and it is interesting to observe to what extent these alliances could make use of history and memory as a resource to support their common progressive agendas in the present.