by Joana Ramiro and
Paul Donovan
ILLEGAL strikes will not be condemned by transport union TSSA leader Manuel Cortes, who vowed yesterday to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with workers.
Mr Cortes gave a rousing speech as he moved an emergency motion calling for a commitment to the Association’s core principles including the defence of workers’ rights.
Four decades on, the Wapping dispute stands as both a heroic act of resistance and a decisive moment in the long campaign to break trade union power. Lord JOHN HENDY KC looks back on the events of 1986
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains


