Breaking strikes using agency workers is recklessly gambling with public safety
The government’s move to replace skilled and safety-critical workers on strike, published today, is deliberately inflammatory. It is…
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The Labour Party must support those fighting to defend their living standards
There is a real danger the Labour leadership is misreading the political moment. Armed with a New Labour…
What the coverage of the RMT strike tells us about the unions and the media
The general secretary of the RMT has, within the space of a week, become a television hero. It…
Starmer faces dissent as frontbenchers join RMT workers on picket lines
80% of train services were axed during the 24-hour RMT strike on Tuesday. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch…
Graham accuses Starmer of “hiding” as frontbenchers banned from picket lines
Sharon Graham has accused Keir Starmer of “hiding” after it emerged that the Labour leader had banned frontbenchers…
Sunday shows: Government is “on strike and not doing its job”, Nandy says
Sophy Ridge on Sunday Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy said Labour in government “would get round the…
Labour needs to show “what we are about”, Burnham warns party leadership
Labour needs to show what it is for and it needs to do it quickly, according to Andy…
“Bully-boy tactics will not wash,” transport unions warn Grant Shapps
Transport trade unions have rejected the “bully-boy tactics” displayed by Grant Shapps today as the government minister warned…
Haigh accuses ministers of “provoking” rail dispute and playing “political games”
Labour’s Louise Haigh has argued that it is “impossible to escape the conclusion” that government ministers would prefer…
Industrial action is the one real power the worker has. Labour must support it
I can hear them now. The Tolpuddle Martyrs, The Chartists, the Suffragettes, the Jarrow Marchers descending upon parliament…
