Weekly survey: Syria, minimum wage and free school meals
Donald Trump surprised the world at the end of last week with his decision to strike an Assad…
Minimum Wage
Corbyn puts £10 minimum wage at heart of local elections pitch
A Labour government would raise minimum wage to £10 per hour, giving 5.6 million people a pay rise,…
Dawn Butler: Why I called out a Tory cabinet minister on her party’s claim to stand up for working class people
Earlier this month I made my debut on the BBC’s Question Time and I have been told that…
Blair’s call to stand against a hard Brexit was right – reader survey results
Tony Blair’s call for the Britons to rise up against a Brexit delivered “at any cost” is backed…
Unite leadership contender: Boycott companies that don’t pay minimum wage
Named and shamed companies paying less than minimum wage should be boycotted, Gerard Coyne has urged. Coyne, who…
McCluskey: Pay deal for bus drivers shows what can be achieved when progressive politicians work with trade unions
This is the full statement published today by Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, after London mayor Sadiq…
Gareth Thomas: Stories of elderly who struggle to wash and dress show how austerity has fuelled the social care crisis
The social care crisis in England is getting worse every week, yet there is no sign that the…
Why Jeremy Corbyn is the right choice for women
Last night, Jeremy Corbyn – alongside MPs Angela Rayner and Diane Abbott, and trade unionists Liz Snape and…
Ignore the anonymous slurs: this is the truth about the vital work of trade unions
It is hard not to take it personally. Rarely a week goes by without some keyboard warrior with…
Spiralling number of rogue minimum wage firms reveals reality of insecure work, warns Unite
The list of rogue employers failing to pay the minimum wage is just “the tip of the iceberg”,…
