TUC general secretary PAUL NOWAK speaks to the Morning Star’s Berny Torre about the increasing frustration the trade union movement feels at a government that promised change, but has been too slow to bring it about
The government has lost control of coronavirus
The Tories have failed on the virus, failed on jobs and now they threaten a partial shutdown that will only damage the economy. But there is an alternative, writes DIANE ABBOTT
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Reversing outsourcing is the pre-election promise the government must honour, says Unison general secretary CHRISTINA McANEA
EMAN ABU ZAYED reminisces about the perilous time her family and neighbours endured in northern Gaza and how they were forced, in fear of their lives, to flee south
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
UNLESS this government gets to grips with the spread of the coronavirus and unless it changes course on economic policy, workers across the country are going to face even further huge job losses and pay cuts. The poorest will be hardest hit, with black and Asian people once again bearing a disproportionate burden.
We do not have to accept this outcome. This week Unite’s Len McCluskey wrote to Boris Johnson demanding an extension of the furlough scheme otherwise there would be “an avalanche of job losses.”
Barely before the letter was sent the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) confirmed that threat and was reporting that fully half of its member firms were planning further lay-offs. This is in addition to the hundreds of thousands who have already lost full-time jobs.
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