JEREMY CORBYN joined university picket lines today in solidarity with striking workers and those campaigning for improved holiday and sick pay.
Speaking on the steps of the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas), the Labour leader stood with striking University and College Union (UCU) members at neighbouring University College London (UCL).
He was also joined by porters and cleaners at Soas, who are campaigning for improved holiday and sick pay.
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Working-class women lead the fight for fair work and equitable pay and against sexual harassment, the rise of the far right and years of failed austerity policies, writes ROZ FOYER
Our members face serious violence, crumbling workplaces and exposure to dangerous drugs — it is outrageous we still cannot legally use our industrial muscle to fight back and defend ourselves, writes STEVE GILLAN



