Why Labour members should support the Tube strike
London Underground’s drivers’ strike has become a Christmas tradition, and like Brussels sprouts, it’s one that gets a…
Unions
Len McCluskey confirms he will stand for re-election as Unite General Secretary
After it was announced that Unite would be holding an early General Secretary election earlier this week, it…
Unite to hold early General Secretary election
After the GMB’s Paul Kenny announced his plans to step down earlier today, it seems that there’s big…
Paul Kenny to step down as GMB General Secretary
Paul Kenny has today told the GMB Central Executive Council that he intends to step down as GMB…
What kind of trade unions do we need for the decade ahead?
By Sue Ferns A few weeks ago I chaired a seminar on ‘Union learning and the green economy’ at…
#Oct20 needs to be a march for everyone
Within the trade union and labour movement, we know that this Government is busy doing everything it can…
See you on Saturday?
I know a lot of Labour activists will be too deeply involved in the elections due on 15th November…
Talk of a General Strike? It’s the act of a movement all at sea
In 1919, the Triple Alliance of miners’, railway workers’ and transport workers’ trade unions, fashioned before the outbreak…
Tom Watson’s olive branch to the RMT and FBU
Amid all the fanfare surrounding Ed Miliband being the first Labour leader to attend the Durham Miners Gala…
Unity – not uniformity
This afternoon Labour whip and Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson held an event in Parliament to unveil his pamphlet…
