The decision by the majority of unions to back the UCU resolution Wages not Weapons reverses policy set in 2022 in favour of increasing military spending. “It says that our priority should be on investment in our wages, our public services, our communities. That means voting today to overturn our support for increased defence spending. As Trump has made abundantly clear, jobs and profits from military spending will flow across the Atlantic into the US-dominated supply chain. “And obviously, higher military spending isn’t going to wages.