The recent surge in extreme right-wing activity over the past week has led to an alarming rise in incidents of race hate crime.  
 
Usdaw recognises that the far right consistently targets it’s hate at specific groups including Black, ethnic and religious minority groups, migrants and refugees, women, LGBT+ people and trade unionists.   
 
Scapegoating ‘minorities’ has long been used as a tactic to divert public attention away from government failures to address pressing social issues and rising inequalities, dividing working people, setting them against one another and fanning the flames of racism and hatred.
 
The rise of the far right is deeply troubling but can be challenged. Throughout our history trade unions have been at the forefront of the struggle against the far right and it’s attempt to divide working people using narratives of hate and blame.
 
In order to effectively combat this, we need to be clear as a movement that, in line with our core value of equality, we stand together with all workers and oppose all forms of hate without exception.  
 
Unity is strength.  Solidarity.