The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
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Far from being a success, the decriminalised red-light zone in Holbeck is a misogynistic sticking plaster over a cancerous lesion of male violence, organised crime, exploitation and female suffering, writes ANNA FISHER
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
The defence secretary’s resignation reveals not a split over principle but a dispute over pace of military spending, as Britain’s political Establishment unites behind deeper Nato commitments, argues NICK WRIGHT
The ceasefire may have halted the fighting for now, but years of economic warfare and recent military attacks have left millions of Iranians facing hardship and uncertainty, says Codir’s RUBEN BRETT
The struggle for Palestinian freedom has become a defining issue for everyone committed to justice, democracy and peace, says PETER LEARY ahead of the Stop the War International Conference on Saturday
Unison director of organising KEVIN LUCAS explains the Organising to Win strategy, its successes to date and key tests on the union’s horizon
“I’VE never felt so unsafe in my life,” Jackie said. “I was staying in a hotel and the first evening I was restless so I thought I’d go for a stroll before bed. I didn’t know the area, so I just started walking fairly randomly.
“When I was some way from the hotel, the cars passing me kept slowing down when they came close, the drivers were peering at me. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I realised I was being sized up.
“At first, I couldn’t figure out why. I wasn’t wearing any jewellery and had nothing worth stealing.
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