JEREMY CORBYN reports from Hiroshima where he represented CND at the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the US
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‘We’ve reached a turning point – it is time for unions to win and build’
CWU leader DAVE WARD speaks to Ben Chacko about turning a summer of discontent into a new settlement for Britain
CHALLENGES AHEAD: Dave Ward
SOPHIE BOLT makes an urgent case for comprehensive nuclear disarmament
Today Coventry’s Hiroshima Day Remembrance marks 80 years since the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945. Statement from Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee of Peace and Reconciliation
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionised in a historic victory for labour, says RIO YAMAT
Letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper – to be delivered by a delegation of Jews to Downing Street today
Laughter has always been how workers cope and fight back, but university-educated union reps now scold members for calling bosses ‘money-grabbing bastards’ and label everyday humour ‘problematic’ — this needs to be stopped, writes MARK JONES
A STRIKE wave is hitting Britain — and the Communications Workers Union is at the heart of it.
Overwhelming votes for action at BT and its subsidiary Openreach were posted last month. Workers at another BT Group company, EE, also voted to strike but the union was just eight votes short of the participation threshold. It’s now balloting for action at Royal Mail.
“These companies need to recognise that they are losing the support of the workers in a big way by prioritising shareholder value over the needs of their workers,” CWU general secretary Dave Ward says.
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