Preferable to Starmer he may be, but there is scant sign of a sharp political break in Burnham’s policies so far — while left challenges aren’t making much of a running either, finds ANDREW MURRAY. How can socialism be put back on the map?
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Sturgeon snubs her Scottish sisters
Despite warm words, the SNP has repeatedly undermined the reasons for why 8,000 women struck in Glasgow last week and tried to avoid collective bargaining to boot, reports GORDON McKAY
Thousands of teachers from across Scotland stage a march in support of calls for a 10% rise in pay, in Glasgow
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
JEREMY CORBYN says we should never forget the horrific reality of nuclear weapons, or cease our efforts to rid the planet of them entirely
The new TUC Cymru general secretary speaks to Morning Star Wales reporter David Nicholson about her trade union background and ambitions for the movement
Internationalism is deeply embedded in socialist theory and practice. Examination illuminates its complexity asserts the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
The Claudia Sheinbaum government is no pushover and is holding firm despite US abuses of the relationship, says DAVID RABY
As we approach the grim anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, SIMON BARROW sounds the alarm over the dangerous and murderous direction our government is heading
THIS year sees the 50th anniversary of the first ever TUC equal pay conference. The conference was organised following the decision by the Gunter Inquiry to recommend to the Labour government that equal pay should be addressed by a voluntary rather than a legislative approach.
Fifty years on, it would appear that the SNP council in Glasgow would still prefer that equal pay be dealt with on a voluntary rather than a statutory basis and that governments see women as an easy industrial target.
Last week, over 8,000 low-paid women, members of Unison and the GMB employed by Glasgow City Council, went on strike, closing primary schools, libraries and affecting home care services, 18 months after the Court of Session ruled that the pay and benefits system implemented by the council in 2006 discriminated against female workers.
Around 12,000 women have legal claims lodged against the council that they were paid up to £3 an hour less than men doing similar work. In the 18 months since the council accepted the Court of Session judgement no claims have been paid and no timetable has been finalised for payment.
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