The UK Prime Minister may have the regal touch in northern England, but he’s been wrong-footed on the constitutional challenges posed by the Celtic Alliance of first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, argues KENNY MacASKILL
TODAY’S special Congress called by the TUC could not be more timely, coming at a critical point in the struggle over the right to strike.
The Minimum Service Levels legislation that the Tories have forced through Parliament in recent months is an affront to a free and democratic society in which the liberty of working people to withdraw their labour is respected. It therefore demands the strongest possible response from the labour and trade union movement.
So, it is vital that trade unions take the opportunity presented by what TUC general secretary Paul Nowak has described as a “once in a generation gathering” to send a message to this contemptible Conservative government that workers will not lie down as their rights are ripped apart.
TUC passes motion urging ‘all public-sector unions to join a united campaign’ and ‘to plan for co-ordinated industrial action’ if needed
DAVE WARD of the Communication Workers Union says unions must step up to meet the challenges of a transformed world of work
Labour must deliver its manifesto promises in full and begin the bigger task of restoring workers’ collective power, says MATT WRACK
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered


