IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
A new generation of organised civil servants
PCS senior national officer LYNN HENDERSON explains why the union is growing and taking more industrial action despite the hostility of the current government to workers’ demands
NEW MOOD: Passport Office workers picket in Glasgow, April 3 2023
PAOLO SANTALUCIA reports on how an Italian region defies US pressure to end a Cuban doctors programme
HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
We need a government that invests in saving lives not destroying them, argues SOPHIE BOLT
More expensive by weight than gold, saffron is surprisingly simple to grow. MAT COWARD explains
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
LAST week, the 126th STUC in Dundee was a real showcase of worker solidarity.
At the 2023 Congress in the Caird Hall, speaker after speaker spoke of an industrial mobilisation on a scale not witnessed for over a decade, since the pensions disputes that followed the financial crisis.
Of course, the current cost-of-living crisis is hitting workers deeply. Food, fuel and transport prices are escalating, while wages stagnate.
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