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Unions at the crossroads: time to flex our muscles
GAWAIN LITTLE urges the labour movement to seize a historic opportunity under the new government, warning that failure to push for real change now could spell disaster for workers and fuel the far-right threat
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From HMP Bronzefield, Palestine Action activist AMU GIB talks to Andrew Murray about why they are standing in local elections in north London, and the need to amplify voices that are often unheard
The route to liberation does not lie in waiting for allies or chasing representation for its own sake – it requires consistent political strategy and collective struggle, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Welsh Labour leader ELUNED MORGAN explains how a vote for the party will deliver the progress and continuity the country needs on manufacturing, renewables, creative industries and more
The party’s internal enforcer built his sinister influence in the shadows – but nemesis now appears to be at hand, says ANDREW MURRAY
Britain’s housing crisis is no accident but a political choice, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
AS we debate in this year’s TUC Congress — the workers’ parliament — our trade union movement is at a watershed moment.
With the election of a new Labour government just two months ago, after 14 years of Conservative-led governments that have attacked our living standards, broken our public services and further deindustrialised our economy, we face huge opportunities.
These opportunities are further enhanced by the commitment of the incoming government to introduce a number of positive individual rights for workers and also collective rights for workers and their unions, including repeal of the 2023 and 2016 anti-union laws, introducing electronic and workplace balloting rights, and a limited statutory framework for sectoral collective bargaining.
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