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style='mso-margin-top-alt:20.8pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.4pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.35pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Seats remain for the debate between the General Secretaries of the TUC and ITUC.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:20.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'><a href="mailto:office@ier.org.uk?subject=In%20Conversation%20Booking"><span style='color:#773B6A'>Register to book your place now</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>About the Conference<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>Trade unions at work globally: offering an alternative to austerity<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Workers around the world are suffering from and struggling against the impact of austerity measures imposed on them by governments, financial bodies and employers. At the same time, the rights of trade unions to represent their members and negotiate collective agreements are under attack around the globe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'>Two people who understand these problems more than most and who are tasked with protecting workers and promoting an alternative </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#773B6A'>agenda</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#413839'> are the general secretaries of the trade union centres in Britain and at the international level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:14.4pt;background:white;orphans: auto;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span 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