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The attacks on collective bargaining run against mainstream economic guidance
The Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill is just the latest extreme blow to union power that comes without any offer of alternative input from workers – this flies in the face of all conventional sense, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC
A sharp rise in public-sector investment is required to kick-start the economy, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Burnham’s billions for defence while councils and local services struggle will not deliver the change that Britain’s working-class communities need, says MICAELA TRACEY-RAMOS
Millions of elms were wiped out by Dutch elm disease in the 20th century, transforming the landscape forever – yet pockets of hope are keeping this beloved tree alive. MARK SEDDON explains
CARLOS MARTINEZ looks at the facts behind US persecution of Fergie Chambers
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
THE response of the Tory government (whoever leads it) to the cost-of-living catastrophe facing the working class is not to control prices, tax the profiteering energy companies, or take steps to increase incomes.
No. Instead, it published last Friday the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. This will impose yet further restrictions on the capacity of workers to protect their wages by taking strike action where persuasion fails.
The new law is likely to be followed by legislation requiring a union to ballot its members on strike on every offer made by the employer in the course of negotiations.
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