What the Tories don’t know about how their voters think
The Conservative Party are drifting out of touch with their supporters on the bread and butter issues of…
Unions
What might be driving the Johnson/McCluskey war of words?
Yesterday I wrote about the row between Alan Johnson and Len McCluskey – now I want to explain…
Which of these basic rights does David Cameron hate so much?
I’ve been meaning to write a piece over the last week on what Cameron really means when he…
The importance of health and safety
‘In a tunnel underground a young Limerick man was found He was built into the new Victoria Line…
Why Labour members should support the Tube strike
London Underground’s drivers’ strike has become a Christmas tradition, and like Brussels sprouts, it’s one that gets a…
Labour MSP to step down from Holyrood at the end of the week
Labour MSP John Park today announced that he will step down as a Member of the Scottish Parliament…
What kind of trade unions do we need for the decade ahead?
By Sue Ferns A few weeks ago I chaired a seminar on ‘Union learning and the green economy’ at…
See you on Saturday?
I know a lot of Labour activists will be too deeply involved in the elections due on 15th November…
Lessons for working people from Latin America
Just before last year’s TUC March for the Alternative, Rob Marchant offered his advice to Ed Miliband on…
Talk of a General Strike? It’s the act of a movement all at sea
In 1919, the Triple Alliance of miners’, railway workers’ and transport workers’ trade unions, fashioned before the outbreak…
