Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Turning the tide on casualisation
Spotlight on Cammell Laird In my last column, I mentioned the ballot result from the workers at Cammell…
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How Momentum and unions have joined forces to mobilise against fascism
Over the weekend, many different strands of the labour movement came together to take a stand against racism…
Shelly Asquith’s TU-esday round-up: Tube strike, Labour councils and firefighters
Central Line strike In a disgraceful attempt to smear the recent ASLEF strike on London’s Underground, Osborne’s Evening…
“When unions are weakened, inequality widens” – Len McCluskey’s full Labour North West conference speech
Below is the full text of Len McCluskey’s speech to Labour North West conference. Comrades, it is a pleasure to…
Shelly Asquith: The media ignores trade union activity. This is how I’m fighting back
The media barely reports on trade union activity – at least not any more. In fact, the Morning…
Women in top roles. What’s taking the labour movement so long?
It’s 2018 and women are leading the way. You might not like or agree with her but we have…
Birmingham’s homecare workers show there is power in a caring union
As a fellow Unison member, I was deeply touched to meet and talk to some of the Birmingham…
Matt Wrack: Labour must vow to scrap all anti-union laws – beyond the Trade Union Act 2016
Our Tory anti-union laws represent one of the foremost constraints preventing working-class people from winning better conditions at…
Shelly Asquith: Six highlights from TUC Congress 2018
What went down at TUC Conference? It was the 150th anniversary Congress of the TUC this week, taking place…
McDonnell vows to boost workers’ rights in gig economy
John McDonnell will call for an overhaul of workers’ rights in the gig economy at the Trades Union…
