In the last of a three-part series, PHIL KATZ explains how unions are best placed to present a positive, pro-worker, pro-public services alternative to the narrative of division, deregulation and greed peddled by Farage’s party

David Nicholson speaks to new Plaid Cymru leader RHUN AP IORWERTH about his attitude to socialism, the unions, social partnership and, of course, Welsh independence

NIGEL FLANAGAN argues that despite the massive spike in strikes, workers must fight the long-term decline of the unions by building a ‘rank-and-file’ movement like that of the 1960s

RICHARD BURGON argues that the Tories are becoming more authoritarian as opposition to their reactionary policies grows

TONY BURKE explains how unions are progressing in the North American country

We must build a united front industrially and politically, with clear, relevant demands and a co-ordinated campaign to deliver them or the Tories will crush us, argues HELEN O’CONNOR

Unions, food banks and MPS are demanding a slash in energy bills, real pay raises, and taxes on the rich

However much working-class advance may be improved by policy and legislative changes, it is only militant trade union action that will secure maximum benefits for working people, argues LAURA PICAND

Putting our faith in this or that political leader is no strategy at all: in the face of poverty wages now and workers’ lives being put on the line during Covid, our only option is directly organising for class power ourselves, writes SHARON GRAHAM

When global companies are unconstrained by law, they are free to treat their workers like commodities, PROF KEITH EWING explains

After a conciliatory promise to keep anti-strike laws but strengthen union recognition, Blair backtracked — and many accused him of colluding with big business. New evidence shows that indeed he was, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES

Revisiting the work of Bolshevik revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai HELEN O’CONNOR finds that when genuine efforts are made to involve working-class women into the labour movement, this advances the interests of the entire working class

Launching and winning future health ballots will require a drive to engage members and to explain to them what is at stake — and the struggle is only just beginning in earnest, says HELEN O’CONNOR

With calls to hold back wages growing louder, JAMES MEADWAY explains that the real sources of inflation today are from the huge disruptions caused by Covid-19, and the growing costs of an unstable environment

SEAN MELEADY explains how Nautilus International has been making waves in an industry where workers face particular uncertainty as Covid has swept the globe

Amid an upsurge in US union activity, United Auto Workers members at farm equipment plants in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas are ready to walk out paltry pay and pensions injustice, write MARK GRUENBERG and JOHN WOJCIK

Tell your children and grandchildren, your workmates and neighbours, it’s time to join a union, urges TUC leader FRANCES O’GRADY

Employers are taking advantage of the ongoing lockdown to slash pay and conditions. TONY BURKE explains

On World Toilet Day DIANA HOLLAND explains how Unite is fighting for its driver members to have proper facilities provided

A decade of cuts to ‘red tape’ has undermined efforts to keep workplaces safe against the transmission of the deadly coronavirus, says PATRICK ROACH

The government has now released its own ‘guidances’ for a return to work by stealth — cutting workers’ representation out of the picture, writes KEITH EWING

A Chinese firm says it will invest billions into British Steel

Workers ‘should consider generalised strike’

Dockers and railway workers lead fierce opposition to right-wing coalition

Tory Justice Minister claims unions caused prisons problems by fighting privatisation

Across the world a new model of worker-owned co-ops is bucking neoliberal austerity, says NICK MATTHEWS

Disabled teachers’ careers “blighted” by Con-Dem coalition, teaching union NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates says

UCU trade union research shows college principal leading attacks on teachers’ conditions has awarded himself the largest pay rise of all colleges in London