Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
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Esther McVey – attacking the poor, helping the rich
From being minister for cutting poor people’s benefits, McVey became an adviser to a company assisting ‘high net worth individuals,’ writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Young workers do want to get involved in Unison, and where that is enabled we see growth in workplace power, argue Unison North West Young Members co-chairs ZAIHERA CHAUDHRY and IAN CAULFIELD
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Animal metaphors are testament to delight in the non-human world and what we hope and wish for human freedom, argue ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT"
Economists estimate extreme poverty could be drastically reduced for a fraction of global defence spending, yet military budgets continue to expand year on year, says JON TRICKETT MP, ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
ESTHER MCVEY’S promotion to work and pensions secretary rightly alarmed everyone who cares about those of us who rely on benefits.
McVey’s time as employment and disabilities minister, from 2013 to 2015 was marked by sharp attacks on those without jobs and those with disabilities.
But there is another side to McVey. She flipped from attacking the poor to working for a company serving the rich.
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