LUKE FLETCHER outlines Plaid Cymru bold plans for wide-ranging policy consultations with trade unions in Wales
This racialised pandemic shows the fight goes on
PATRICK ROACH, NASUWT leader and chair of the TUC's anti-racism task force, says the trade union movement needs to redouble its struggle against racism
Patrick Roach chairs the TUC's anti-racism task force
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
Labour’s by-election defeat tells a story Scotland has known since 2008. A party that assumes loyalty while offering little more than managed decline will eventually discover that voters always have somewhere else to turn, says MATT KERR
KENNY MacASKILL reminds us of the unprecedented political career of a Scottish miner’s militant son who stayed the course and true to his roots
by Henry Fowler, General Strike 100 project co-ordinator
‘Solidarity with the Cuban people’s revolution is our overriding priority,’ international secretary KEVAN NELSON told the Communist Party’s political committee on Wednesday
AS TRADE unions, there is no more important time for us to be redoubling our efforts and organising activities to address the scourge of racism and the fight against the far right.
The racialised and deadly impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to disproportionately affect the lives of black communities and individuals, amplifying the racial injustice already embedded in the social, economic and cultural fabric of our society.
As trade unionists we need to reflect and learn from the battles which have been fought throughout history for race equality, but also commit to even greater action by our unions, our members and activists today.
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