Decommissioned railway tracks have been ‘repossessed’ by nature with wild birds the prominent protagonists, writes MARK SEDDON
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Never before has the need for unions to stand and fight together been greater
As workers continue to pay the price for the government’s carelessness in its response to Covid-19, joint union activity is going to be vital, says PCS leader MARK SERWOTKA
Mark Serwotka calls for a focus on bread-and-butter issues
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
Ignorance of working-class history leaves working people open to deceptive narratives, demagogy and political manipulation, writes SAN SENIK
Delegates rejected calls to disaffiliate after a passionate three-hour debate, while warning the Labour leadership that working-class members demand change
TUC Cymru’s programme offers a potential roadmap for co-operation between Labour and Plaid Cymru on jobs, services and economic democracy, says DAI MORGAN
HAZEL PRING and MAX DICKINSON introduce The Angry Summer Project, a fringe for the TUC Cymru Congress
THIS government has totally failed to get a grip on the jobs crisis facing the country.
With a tsunami of job losses expected in the coming weeks and months, the government simply isn’t doing enough to prevent economic catastrophe for millions of people.
It’s crystal clear that the government is failing to meet the challenge it faces, and that’s why trade unions across the public and private sector must come together to defend our communities from its reckless incompetence.
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