The newly elected general secretary of the Aslef train drivers’ union speaks to Ben Chacko about union wins, a welcome shift in approach to the rail sector and what still needs to be done
Times change, but some tunes stay the same
MATT KERR ponders the dichotomy of poorly paid Leonardo UK workers unable to stop the production of weaponry employed to kill Gaza's workers and their children
MORE than a decade after leaving the postal service, I still find myself waking up at 5am.
I was in a few months before we went on strike on wages, terms and conditions in a company that had made £400 million, promptly grabbed by chancellor Ken Clarke to help fund the usual pre-election bribe.
It was a different time, as they say.
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