Labour must stand with working people, and show solidarity with trade unionists
Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer under Arthur Balfour and David Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary under Stanley…
Mick Whelan
We are one movement, and the Labour leadership forgets that at its peril
On a couple of bitterly cold winter days back in 1900 – Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th February…
The economic fallout is just beginning – now our movement needs to fight for every job
Today marks the beginning of the end of the furlough scheme. It’s a day millions of working people…
ASLEF: Why we’re backing Rebecca Long-Bailey and Angela Rayner
My trade union ASLEF believes that Rebecca Long-Bailey and Angela Rayner have the vision and the determination to…
Mick Whelan: After 18 months of myths, let’s set the record straight on Southern Rail
Aslef drivers on Southern Railways voted overwhelmingly this month to accept a proposed resolution to our long-running industrial…
Aslef chief: Southern Rail franchise was failing but this dispute has been made worse by political interference
ASLEF represents nearly all the train drivers in the UK, across every company. Our members are professionals who…
The Tories want to smash the unions and this is how they plan to do it
As a trade union representing ordinary, decent, hard-working men and women doing a safety-critical job to ensure that…
It’s time for Labour to set out a plan for rail reform – but how far are we willing to go?
The debate about Labour’s rail policy has never been higher on the agenda as ASLEF’s conference begins in…
A People’s Railway for Scotland
A new report by rail expert Professor Paul Salveson, commissioned by ASLEF, the Co-operative Party and the Socialist Environment and…
Labour needs an imaginative rail policy – and the signs are good
I’ve followed the rail policy discussions on LabourList recently with interest and welcome the fact there is now…
