Lasting peace requires the establishment of justice, the formation of an independent Palestinian state, and respect for the national sovereignty of the Palestinian people, writes NAVID SHOMALI
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Years of attacks mean our health and safety system is well and truly broken
For decades many on the right of the political spectrum in Britain have strategically described health and safety as pointless red tape, leaving workers to suffer illness, injury and even death, warns REBECCA LONG BAILEY MP
The West’s dangerous pesticide dumping in Africa is threatening biodiversity, population health and food sovereignty, argues ROGER McKENZIE
There is no substitute for hard work and on-the-ground organising when it comes to defeating the hard right, argues JOAO FELIX
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
KELLIE O’DOWD reports on an event to highlight the GMB sisterhood
The Scottish labour movement’s rejection of the Supreme Court ruling on sex-based rights jeopardises not only the credibility of the unions but also poses legal risks and opens the door to far-right reaction, warns JANE McLENACHAN
AS THE TUC has said, every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic freak “accidents.” They die because an employer or indeed the government decided their safety just wasn’t that important a priority.
No worker goes to work to die, but as the Hazards campaign estimated in March this year, at least six million workers are made ill and 60,000 are killed.
Sadly the real number of people injured by work is estimated to be many times more than the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) estimate.
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