Why teachers need our support
Yesterday the NASUWT and NUT, which together represent more than 80% of teachers, announced plans for a possible…
Unions
How can unions give more people the power they need to get what they want?
The latest figures on Trade Union membership released at the end of April were sobering reading for trade…
Across Europe – the tide is turning
As financial storm clouds continue to rain down unemployment and austerity across the EU, three of Europe’s biggest…
Why Labour should stick with the “opt-out” for union members
As an ex-General Secretary of the Labour Party, Peter Watt is insightful and thoughtful on the challenge of…
Stand firm, Ed
Let’s get a couple of things straight first. This is not a post somehow arguing to somehow “break…
Trade unions need to articulate a compelling vision of a new kind of economy
The ink is barely dry on the Chancellor’s “audacious gamble” of a Budget and already the OECD is…
Cameron “presiding over a shambles” on petrol, says Miliband
Ed Miliband has attacked the PM for governing in “crude party interest”, after a day of escalating, government…
Ministers secretly want a tanker drivers strike
Calling a COBRA meeting has always been the last refuge of a desperate government. Gordon Brown used to…
Party funding – Labour must be ready to rebut Tory attacks
Party funding is a messy business, and today’s Sunday Times splash is just the latest manifestation of that.…
We need a budget for jobs and public services
If the Chancellor was acting in the national interests with this year’s budget the issues that would be…
