Latest editorial
RAMZY BAROUD sees Gaza abandoned while the genocide continues
Labour conference: British companies must be held to account
While we campaign for better workers’ rights at home, we cannot ignore injustice and exploitation abroad, says JIM SHERIDAN
ANDREW MURRAY offers some troubling thoughts on pressing political issues
Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate. NICHOLAS MWANGI reports
The National Education Union general secretary speaks to Ben Chacko on growing calls to protect children from a toxic online culture
While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a history of dark alliances, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
Unison Scotland’s BRENDA AITCHISON says her union won’t tolerate further cuts to public services
As we sit in the conference hall and wander around the exhibitions this year, a key message on everybody’s lips will be the need to make business more responsible. We will pledge to ban zero-hours contracts, fight for a living wage and reverse Tory attacks on health and safety.
No doubt there will be debate. On how far we go, how we force companies to take their responsibilities seriously and what we really want from our companies.
What we won’t be discussing is large, world-renowned British companies trafficking people to come and work in their factories or on the fields here in Britain.
Similar stories
Companies that forced staff to risk their lives during January’s extreme weather or face financial penalties have revealed the urgent need for enforceable safety standards beyond mere guidelines, argues JOHN CARSON
RMT senior assistant general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY highlights the priorities for the union’s meeting taking place in York
Damning report finds migrant workers propping up Britain’s crumbling care system are trapped in awful working conditions