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LABOUR’S Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees praised Aslef delegates as he welcomed them to the city yesterday.
He said: “I congratulate you for leading the campaign to get the world-class transport system we need.
“It’s about sustainable economic development. I grew up here, in Bristol, as a poor mixed-race kid in a physically divided city and part of the problem was the transport network. So I know the importance of a transport network in building an integrated modern city — otherwise people get locked out of economic opportunities.
Former Labour MP LAURA SMITH makes the case for The Many slate in the elections to Your Party’s new executive
On the eve of the 157th Trades Union Congress, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, celebrates victory in his campaign to get dignity for drivers at work
As the labour movement meets to remember the Tolpuddle Martyrs, MICK WHELAN, general secretary of train drivers’ union Aslef, says it’s an appropriate moment to remind the Labour government to listen to the trade unions a little more
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street