For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE

“WE NEED to face up to the fact that if our approach is just protest and then compliance, we will keep complying while they take away every single right we’ve got.”
Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack is insistent that trade unions cannot put their faith in the Tories’ anti-strike Bill being defeated, or overturned by a future Labour government.
They need a plan for how to derail it in practice. As we meet at the start of the May Day weekend, the FBU has just written to the Scottish and Welsh governments asking for meetings on building “a united campaign of resistance” against the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which both devolved administrations have condemned.

Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’

Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street

Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025

Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’


