DISABLED campaigners vowed to stand up to European Union-United States trade pact TTIP yesterday and called for international co-operation between workers, not bosses.
A motion on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) led to passionate speeches by disabled Unite activists at the union’s annual equalities conferences.
The call to resist the deal came less than an hour after Marsha Zkowski from US union United Steelworkers delivered a touching talk on struggle across the Atlantic.
Midlands trade unionists are turning challenge into opportunity through collective power and renewed confidence, says STUART RICHARDS
Packed meeting hears that that new party must align with mass struggle beyond the ballot box, reports BEN WOODWARD
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society
With Labour governments either side of the border, the distressing times we live in demand much more collaborative working, argues JESS TURNER


