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RETAIL workers’ union Usdaw became the largest union so far to back Owen Smith for the Labour leadership yesterday.
Usdaw follows steelworkers’ union Community and the Musicians’ Union (MU) in endorsing Mr Smith.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has so far received the backing of rail unions Aslef and TSSA, construction workers’ union Ucatt and the Communication Workers Union.
Megapicket to shut down Birmingham’s refuse sites
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
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN