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Upping the fight to save our ticket offices
ANN HENDERSON reports from an RMT rally in Berwick-upon-Tweed where trade unionists and disability rights campaigners were spreading the word about the battle for the future of rail safety
(left to right) Sarah Roelofs, Disabled People Against the Cuts North East; Mick Lynch General Secretary RMT; Jamie Driscoll, Mayor North of Tyne Combined Authority – independent; chair - RMT Berwick Rail branch secretary Martin McCleary; Jess Leather, president RMT women’s committee; John Kay, retired RMT member, former RMT branch secretary, local campaigner; Georgina Hill, Independent Councillor Berwick East
As Unison launches its Year of Women Workers, ANNIE COGAN-THOMAS argues that stronger organisation and collective bargaining are essential to winning equality
Trade unions, trades councils and community organisations must work together to build lasting solidarity and resistance to the far right, argues DREW GILCHRIST
Recent violence in Belfast was not spontaneous — it was built on years of failure and political neglect, argues STIOFAN O NUALLAIN
As delegates meet in Brighton this week, Unison faces pressing questions about pay, organising, workers’ rights and political representation, explains ANDY CHAFFER
Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
THE Maltings main theatre was packed at 5pm on Friday, with trade unionists and community groups coming together with one voice, opposing the proposed ticket office closure in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Leaflets, campaign postcards and petitions are to be found in the local shops, cafes and pubs.
The letters pages of the local newspapers are filled with letters of opposition.
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