Young workers: ending the scourge of low pay
October 15, 2019
Let's shut down the Tories for good
October 01, 2019
Fighting for our Future
September 23, 2019
The Great Pension Robbery
Last weekend, I was delighted to speak at The Great Pension Robbery, a rally organised by the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign.
The Government has treated 3.8m women with disdain, implementing significant changes to pensions with no thought for the impact they would have on women who were born in the 1950s. Without the unrelenting work of WASPI campaigners, this unfairness would simply have been swept under the carpet.
September 10, 2019
Songs of Solidarity
“They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn,
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn,
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn,
That the Union makes us strong.
Solidarity Forever.”
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September 03, 2019
Public Ownership and Promoting Decent Work
June 17, 2019
Universally Discredited
Amber Rudd should stop the rollout of Universal Credit and end the hostile environment for low income households
February 13, 2019
The Academy Model is Failing: we need all our schools to be democratically accountable
Hundreds of pupils, parents and staff in the North West face changes in the management of their schools when they return in September.
July 19, 2018
The core ideals of trade unionism endure from one generation to the next
The occasion of the TUC’s 150th anniversary gives us the opportunity to step back and reflect on our movement’s past and future.
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June 04, 2018
2018: A Year to Take Back Control of Our Public Services
Workers who devote their working lives to providing quality public services deserve to be employed by organisations that share that same sole objective.
January 18, 2018