Decommissioned railway tracks have been ‘repossessed’ by nature with wild birds the prominent protagonists, writes MARK SEDDON
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We’re facing a perfect storm of attacks on living standards
But the labour movement is poised for the fightback – it’s time to get involved, says MARK SERWOTKA
Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) protest
ROGER MCKENZIE recalls the one-in-a-generation communist leader murdered at the dawn of a new South Africa 33 years ago last April 10
Ignorance of working-class history leaves working people open to deceptive narratives, demagogy and political manipulation, writes SAN SENIK
Delegates rejected calls to disaffiliate after a passionate three-hour debate, while warning the Labour leadership that working-class members demand change
TUC Cymru’s programme offers a potential roadmap for co-operation between Labour and Plaid Cymru on jobs, services and economic democracy, says DAI MORGAN
HAZEL PRING and MAX DICKINSON introduce The Angry Summer Project, a fringe for the TUC Cymru Congress
TRADE unions are now the bulwark against a cruel government and the vehicle for social justice.
Thousands will gather in London this weekend to demand action over the cost-of-living crisis and I can’t think of a better vehicle for effecting that change than the trade union movement.
Even before the demo has begun, brave union members in the RMT have voted to walk out at the end of June, in what is being described as the biggest rail strike in modern history.
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Here are the voices of DANIEL KEBEDE, FRAN HEATHCOTE, HOLLY TURNER and LEANNE MOHAMAD explaining why they will be taking part in the People’s Assembly No More Austerity demo next weekend