Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
THIS weekend it is my honour to gather with friends and comrades at Tolpuddle in my inaugural year as Unite regional secretary for the South West, which also marks the centenary of the Landworker Magazine from the Agricultural and Rural Workers sector.
The South West is a huge and diverse region, additionally incorporating the Scilly Isles, Channel Islands and Gibraltar. 2020 will mark my 40th year as a representative for workers in the region.
This past year has provided significant challenges, many ongoing, for our membership and communities.
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
As extremist hate spreads and disillusion deepens, the labour movement must offer more than resistance — it must offer a future, writes MATT WRACK, general secretary of NASUWT – The Teachers’ Union
Making sure this Labour government delivers on decent jobs, strong workplace rights and well-funded public services will defeat the easy answers to real frustrations peddled by the far right, writes JOANNE THOMAS
STEVE PREDDY of Unite South West says his union’s recent conference broadcast workers’ dissatisfaction at the government’s attacks on their class


