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Equality must be the priority as we tackle the pandemic
Wales TUC leader SHAVANAH TAJ argues that women workers must be at the heart of recovery plans and at the decision-making tables
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
Washington’s response to a downed jet shows a superpower still reaching for overwhelming force even as its wars repeatedly fail, says NICK WRIGHT
With attacks on industry, healthcare and education intensifying, JAMSHID AHMADI warns of a deliberate drive to cripple Iran and calls for urgent global action
Argentinians commemorated the 50th anniversary of the military dictatorship that left 30,000 people killed or ‘disappeared.’ BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports
In Voices of Scotland YANA PETTICREW looks at the crippling deterioration of working-class art provision and support
A WOMAN’S place is in her union. As a woman general secretary in our labour movement, sharing a space with other women at the forefront of organising and campaigning to protect workers’ rights makes me feel immensely proud of how far we have come, but equally driven to end inequalities like sexism once and for all.
As trade unionists, we strive for a labour market that is better, fairer and excludes no-one.
We’re facing a lot of challenges to this right now, but two stand out on International Women’s Day — making sure that workers are properly rewarded for what they did in the pandemic and how we can achieve a green recovery defined by equality of outcome.
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