News Carillion hoovered up public money… now the neo-liberal model is collapsing – MPs and unions on builder’s failure Senior MPs and figures from across the trade union movement have responded to the collapse of Carillion by… Peter Edwards 15th January, 2018, 9:18 am
News Scandalous, the Brexit squeeze and why the law is an ass – McDonald, Creagh and Sadiq on rail fares rise Figures from across the labour movement have spoken of their anger after train companies revealed the biggest rise… 5th December, 2017, 11:03 am
Comment 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… Mick Whelan 16th November, 2017, 1:00 pm
News Richard Leonard backed by CWU in race to be next leader of Scottish Labour Richard Leonard has secured the backing of another trade union in his fight to be the next leader… Emma Bean 10th October, 2017, 12:15 pm
News Sarwar wins rare union backing in race for Scottish Labour leadership Anas Sarwar, the centre-left candidate for the Scottish Labour leadership, has won backing from steel union Community after… Peter Edwards 5th October, 2017, 4:23 pm
Comment Andy McDonald: We stand in solidarity with striking railway workers We’ve heard a lot of hollow talk this week about what free market economics has delivered for Britain.… Andy McDonald 5th October, 2017, 11:00 am
News Usdaw joins three other unions in backing left candidate for Scottish leadership The shop workers union Usdaw has chosen to back Richard Leonard in the Scottish Labour leadership contest, it… Emma Bean 20th September, 2017, 11:04 pm
News Aslef backs left-wing candidate for Scottish Labour leadership Richard Leonard has won the support of rail union Aslef to be the next leader of Scottish Labour… Emma Bean 20th September, 2017, 11:44 am
News City donors power Tories to £3.7m in donations – ten times that of Labour The Tories posted total donations more than ten times the size of Labour in a single week in… Peter Edwards 1st June, 2017, 1:18 pm
News Afzal Khan MEP selected as Labour’s candidate for Manchester Gorton Labour’s candidate for the forthcoming Gorton by-election will be Afzal Khan, the current North West MEP. He will… Emma Bean 23rd March, 2017, 7:56 am