Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
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Industrial action on the cards in the Civil Service
PCS is standing up for workers’ living standards, writes SHAVANAH TAJ
As the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish civil war is marked, Teesside campaigners will gather to remember the local men and women who stood against fascism, explains TONY FOX
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Washington’s inability to subjugate Iran is an example of how it is trying to preserve a regional order that no longer exists, argues RAMZY BAROUD
US financial instability is exposing the limits of a dollar-dominated global economy — and giving the Global South a historic chance to build an alternative, says MURAD QURESHI
Deprivation is a fundamental factor in criminal behaviour that must be addressed but, KENNY MacASKILL argues, there needs to a major rethink in sentencing to tackle overcrowding
THIS week, at both the Wales TUC conference and our own annual delegate conference, PCS will be taking further steps to challenge the Westminster government’s attack on public-sector workers’ livelihoods.
At the PCS conference in Brighton, our national executive committee (NEC) is seeking conference’s support to launch an industrial action ballot in pursuit of our national pay campaign.
The union submitted a pay claim in January for a fully funded 5 per cent or £1,200 pay rise, a living wage of £10 an hour, pay equality across the Civil Service and a common pay and grading structure.
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