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Using 'brains and brawn,' Unite is wresting pay rises from bad bosses
Unite general secretary SHARON GRAHAM speaks to Ben Chacko at the Durham Miners' Gala
Sharon Graham has called for a ‘forensic’ approach to fighting the bosses
Despite Andy Burnham’s declaration defending the continued partition of the island, all major international and internal trends are converging to make Irish reunification inevitable
The left needs a bold energy vision – because if it fails to provide one, others will shape the future in their own interests, argues ALAN SIMPSON
From Margate to Deal, mining memories are being kept alive. National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER continued his nationwide tour of partner organisations in the Garden of England
Humans are part of the ‘animal kingdom’ – and of nature in general – but also distinct from it and labour (work) is part of what makes us unique, declared Engels. His insights 150 years ago into how our species came to be and how we differ from the rest of nature, are as important today as they were then, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Boxes of books, family photos and heirlooms, labour movement anniversaries, along with nostalgic memories of glorious childhood days on the Ayrshire coast still leave room for a wistful MATT KERR to hope for a better future
SIXTY-THREE thousand Unite members are currently out on strike, and the union’s leader Sharon Graham was praised for having won over £50 million in pay awards for workers in under a year as general secretary.
This month the union secured a vastly improved pay offer from British Airways — which had been seeking to deny baggage handlers restoration of the 10 per cent pay cut imposed on them during the pandemic — following an overwhelming vote to strike, though action had not begun.
It’s not a story confined to Unite, with workers in multiple unions showing a new readiness to take action and win big on pay. How’s it being done?
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