As the Stop the War Coalition holds its annual conference, ANDREW MURRAY warns that Britain’s alignment with US foreign policy is fuelling global instability and diverting billions from welfare, wages and public services
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Job security, respect and pay are Usdaw’s priorities
Retail staff have a crucial role in our communities and that role must be valued, says Usdaw general secretary PADDY LILLIS
Shop workers are being abused for trying to enforce social distancing guidelines
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the tension between treating children as vulnerable dependants and recognising them as citizens with rights
The tightening of protest rights reflects a broader shift toward repression in Britain’s strained liberal democracy. Socialists and trade unionists must be ready to resist further attacks on our freedoms, warns JOHN McINALLY
Until ministers stop deferring to the market and start drawing hard lines, the public will remain at the mercy of private power, says MATT KERR
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the UK government intervenes to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
SEVIM DAGDELEN argues that a legal framework exists for a closure of US and Nato military base in Ramstein
IT IS staggering that so many people think it is OK to abuse, threaten and assault workers in the middle of a pandemic and the greatest national crisis most of us have ever experienced.
Usdaw’s survey of shopworkers during the coronavirus emergency found that abuse of shopworkers had doubled as compared with last year.
Many of our members identified that the main triggers are enforcing safety measures like social distancing, limiting the number of customers in-store and the wearing of face coverings.
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