Unions to campaign for legally enforceable maximum workplace temperatures

TUC passes motion urging ‘all public-sector unions to join a united campaign’ and ‘to plan for co-ordinated industrial action’ if needed

If Labour is genuinely committed to supporting working-class students it must act urgently to reverse the funding crisis affecting universities and colleges, JO GRADY tells Christophe Domec

Challenges from the unscrupulous misuse of AI to steal actors’ voice and physical likenesses is being met with a firm union response, writes LYNDA ROOKE

The Labour government must deliver on its commitment to bring back privatised services into the public sector. This not only saves money but also creates accountability and generates wider social benefits, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP

Live music and musical education are both under attack and threaten to impoverish our culture. The Musicians’ Union seeks allies in the fightback, writes NAOMI POHL

DAVE WARD of the Communication Workers Union says unions must step up to meet the challenges of a transformed world of work

The TUC fell for the illusion of a ‘Social Europe’ in 1988 and backed single-market membership. DOUG NICHOLLS argues that dramatic changes in the EU prove the need for an independent economic policy

More than 100 coastal nations use cabotage laws to protect domestic shipping and seafarer jobs. SASCHA MEIJER of Nautilus International says it’s time for Britain to follow suit

As Cuba faces an unprecedented US energy siege and growing threats of military intervention, TUC Congress must stand unequivocally with Cuban workers and their right to determine their own future, writes STEVE GILLAN, POA general secretary and TUC president

PCS is demanding the long-overdue return of essential services to public ownership, explains FRAN HEATHCOTE

Labour must deliver its manifesto promises in full and begin the bigger task of restoring workers’ collective power, says MATT WRACK

Stronger legal protections, better policing and action to protect all retail workers are urgently needed, argues JOANNE THOMAS