Zarah Sultana’s recent brave criticisms of Labour from 2015 to 2020, including Brexit triangulation, IHRA capitulation and insufficient fighting spirit, have ruffled feathers but started an essential discussion, writes ANDREW MURRAY
They praised public sector workers — now they stab us in the back
The government’s claim that cuts are not ideological is a downright lie — the country needs more Civil Service workers not fewer. It's time for us to go on the offensive with a united response from the union movement, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
US baseless accusations of drug trafficking and the outrageous putting of a bounty on a president of a sovereign country do not bode well, reports PABLO MERIGUET
Green Party MPs stand alone in Parliament in defending Palestine Action against Labour’s proscription of the group as a terrorist organisation — an outrageous move that the Tories supported and the cowardly Lib Dems abstained on, writes ELLIOT TONG
Mass mobilisations are forcing governments to seriously consider imposing sanctions and severing ties — even in places like Australia and the Netherlands — despite continued arms shipments to Israel’s war machine, writes RAMZY BAROUD
What we are learning today is that fascism can come to power even when the working class of almost every capitalist nation is very far from achieving revolution, argues DAVID LETHBRIDGE
TONY BURKE explains how an internationally significant breakthrough for workers’ organisation and recognition against two notoriously anti-union global mega corporations has been finally achieved in Canada
IN announcing their plans to cut Civil Service jobs by 91,000 over the next three years in the media, with no consultation or even informing their own departmental heads, this government demonstrated its utter contempt and disregard for a group of workers who made sure the country continued to function during the recent pandemic.
Public services are in a dire state after decades of cuts and privatisation. Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) members are working hard to keep services running in the face of increased demands arising from the pandemic and Brexit.
There is one particular thing that separates Civil Service workers from the government — we actually care about the services we deliver. Despite 40 years of job cuts and attacks on our pay, terms and conditions, including interminable wage freezes, theft of pension rights and more, we are still committed to delivering the best level of services possible to those who need them.
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Public and Commercial Services union leader FRAN HEATHCOTE warns the Chancellor not to take an axe to the Civil Service – and points to measures that would genuinely improve the public sector
As the government ploughs ahead with £3 billion in welfare cuts, arbitrary office-return mandates, and below-inflation pay rises, women will bear the brunt through deepening poverty and increased caring burdens, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
There is no stronger economy without the stronger wages that provide extra disposable income, which is why workers – including civil servants – must have their pay boosted in real terms, along with restored union rights and insourcing, says FRAN HEATHCOTE
