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Royal College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary Pat Cullen joins members on the picket line outside the Royal United Hospital in Bath, as nurses take industrial action over pay
THE strike wave sweeping Britain “isn’t going away,” unions warned yesterday, after new figures revealed record numbers are suffering from plummeting take-home pay and insecure work.
Floundering Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s continued calls for “wage restraint” following a mini Cabinet reshuffle last week makes him look “more like the captain of the Titanic day by day,” Unite head Sharon Graham charged.
The richest PM in British history is “rearranging the deckchairs while he is posted missing on resolving strikes” across the NHS, railways, schools and elsewhere, she stressed.
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK
If we can tackle the big issues, like delivering decent public services and affordable state-built and owned housing by making the richest pay a fair amount of tax, Labour can win back the trust and support of the electorate, argues ANDY McDONALD MP
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP