Andy Burnham’s leadership will be judged on whether he charts a genuinely different course, argues BECK ROBERTSON
Great challenges ahead for our movement
Trade union delegates will debate coming battles when they gather in Newcastle for the annual meeting of Northern region of the TUC, writes TUC regional secretary LIZ BLACKSHAW
junior doctors and members of the British Medical Association (BMA) outside the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, as they take to picket lines for six days during their continuing dispute over pay. More than 113,000 hospital appointments and procedures in England were affected by the latest strike by junior doctors, figures show. Issue date: Wednesday January 10, 2024
While Italy’s communist tradition remains fragmented and politically marginal, France’s party is attempting to re-establish itself as an independent force rooted in working-class organisation, says NICK WRIGHT
Critics of UBI underestimate both its political significance and its economic potential, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
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THE trade union movement covering the Northern TUC region congregates today to win back workers’ rights across the region — employment rights which have been systematically eroded under this shambolic Tory government.
As delegates from every corner of the region assemble in Newcastle this weekend, it is against a political backdrop that will shape our region for years to come — a government that is still wasting its (hopefully) limited days attacking the right to strike for working people instead of attempting to resolve the mess it has made of our NHS and broader public services.
Privatisation of public services was a bad idea 40 years ago, and still is today. A change of boundaries in the north-east of the region means that as of the mayoral elections in May, the region will be bound in a groundbreaking devolution deal with a new mayor implementing its ambition.
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