The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
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Working-class unity and the new deal: the next steps
Communications Workers Union general secretary DAVE WARD says combatting a resurgent far right means uniting the working class behind a positive vision for change – with collective bargaining at its heart
Communication Workers Union (CWU) general secretary Dave Ward (centre) joins postal workers on the picket line at the Camden Town Delivery Office in north west London, November 24, 2022
Taking a brief look at who the US president surrounds himself with reveals a team dedicated to the complete erasure of Palestine, not justice and civil rights for its people, writes TERRY HANSEN
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
Following comments made by Robert Jenrick about the people of Handsworth, the TUC, together with 12 trade unions representing members who live and work in the area, have issued a joint letter calling for the Conservative Party to take immediate action
With the rise of Reform and the flag-raising phenomenon, it’s hard not to recall my family’s struggles with racism, from Teddy Boys attacking my pregnant mother to me being told to ‘go back to the jungle’ at only five years old, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
The move to restrict exports of the important rare earth metals that China has a 90% monopoly on has provoked Trump to declare a 100% tariff on Chinese exports and other retaliatory measures, reports DYLAN MURPHY
LABOUR is now in power. The New Deal for Workers, which the CWU championed through the labour movement to secure it as TUC and then Labour policy, forms the basis of important employment rights legislation revoking recent Tory anti-union laws and advancing workers’ rights, though it doesn’t go as far as we want in some areas.
At the same time, the far right are on the rise, as we saw in the big vote for Reform UK at the election, racist rioting in August and mobilisations on our streets.
The trade union movement needs to act against growing racism and fascism. We need a strategy to defeat it.
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CWU leader DAVE WARD looks at the Royal Mail takeover bid, the new deal for workers – and how the labour movement should build on it
Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson and those like him have driven workers to this action — and if we don't all fight back, the 500-year-old postal service we rely on will not be the only institution broken up for a quick buck, writes DAVE WARD
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For the labour movement to get on the front foot, our starting point must be our own positive collectivist agenda, says DAVE WARD
