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Using public procurement to provide good jobs in Britain
MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ trade union, is urging the government to use public-sector procurement to create – and protect – good jobs here in Britain
Mick Whelan of Aslef
Despite the apocalyptic destruction RAMZY BAROUD points to Gaza’s triumph of spirit against the architecture of genocide
We are demanding action from our politicians to deliver justice, fairness and decency throughout our communities – join us, says ROZ FOYER
After NGOs and the EU, UN condemns Germany’s crackdown on Palestine Solidarity, writes LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
It’s not just the Starmer regime: the workers of Britain have always faced legal affronts on their right to assemble and dissent, and the Labour Party especially has meddled with our freedoms from its earliest days, writes KEITH FLETT
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
ASLEF is taking two motions to the 153rd Trades Union Congress which will be held, virtually and online this year, from Sunday 12 to Tuesday September 14.
One is on rail, climate and the post-pandemic recovery; and the other about using public procurement to create and protect high-quality jobs here in Britain.
While the coronavirus crisis has, quite rightly, been the focus for governments around the world over the last two years, the climate change crisis has not gone away.
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