As Scotland heads to the polls, the main parties offer variations on the same script, says MATT KERR
CITY bonuses are at an all-time high, banks and energy giants are registering record profits while working people are suffering the worst pay crisis for two centuries.
The number of people experiencing destitution in the UK has more than doubled in the last five years. Foodbanks have become an established fixture of British society, there are now 4.2 million children living in poverty — 600,000 more than when Labour were last in power, and the NHS is on its knees.
We know that women, disabled, black and minority ethnic (BME) and LGBT+ people have borne the brunt of many of the Conservatives’ failings since 2010.
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street



